All systems appear go for completion to Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto. At press time, the U.S. Department of Justice was indicating it would approve the union. The European Commission has conditionally approved the sale.

In a meeting several years ago with a group of farmers, we were talking about the timeliness of planting and harvesting, and about the pressure--and neighbor's ridicule--that goes with being last in or out of the field. After most of the group weighed in, one participant...

Q: I have a couple of questions about nuts and bolts. I have "plow" bolts that I can't keep tight, and I have a tech manual that is calling for a "blind" nut that is needed to secure an accessory I bought for my tractor. The question about the plow bolt is how to keep it...

Q: We ship cattle to different states several times a year, and it's getting harder and harder to know what the testing requirements are in advance and what is an official ID. All the states are different, and they seem to change all the time. Why can't we come up with...

Jerry Treml, Luxemburg, Wisconsin, wanted a safer way to change light bulbs in his free-stall barns. Normally, he would prop a ladder in the raised bucket of his skid-steer loader to do the job. To make that work safer, he purchased an extended reach arm that attaches...

Some major differences between regions look to be in order for the summer season of crop year 2018. This variety reflects the influence of the recently departed La Niña temperature pattern in the Pacific Ocean equatorial region that was in effect last winter into...

There's an old saying, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." I was reminded of it as I wrote this column about the U.S. corn stocks' conundrum, rewording it to, "Everybody talks about burdensome corn stocks, but nobody does anything...