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  • (Photo illustration by Barry Falkner)

    Ask the Mechanic

    Steve Thompson answers readers' questions about all things mechanical.

  • Sprocket is using a No. 2060 chain. (Steve Thompson)

    Ask the Mechanic

    Steve Thompson answers readers' questions about all things mechanical.

  • Drought stressed corn near Ashley, Illinois. (Pamela Smith)

    Croplink

    MIT researchers, with others, are working to perfect a coating for seed to mitigate drought stress on plants during the crucial germination phase.

  • Characteristic freckles and lesions associated with Goss's wilt. (Tamra Jackson-Ziems, University of Nebraska)

    Croplink

    To protect against Goss's bacterial wilt and leaf blight, one of the most damaging diseases to corn, choosing resistant varieties is still the best option.

  • (Pamela Smith)

    Weatherlink

    Drought and temperature changes are altering the landscape in crop-growing regions around the world.

  • (Meredith Bernard)

    Inside the Market

    October is typically the time of year when corn and soybean prices are near their lows for the season, but this year's declines have been mild to date.

  • (Jennifer Campbell)

    Our Rural Roots

    Long before cell phones or flashing beacons on full combines, two-way radios were the party line of farm communications.

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