Autonomous-tractor applications displayed on the fields of this year's Farm Progress Show highlight two potential directions for the future use of the technology.

More reports of African swine fever in China have caused panic in the country's hog industry, as well as among pork consumers in China. If the disease continues to spread, it could also reduce feed demand and lower the soybeans China imports.

Farm managers are the leading factor driving the productivity of the team. By their actions and communication, they ultimately set the tone for the work environment. If you're not happy with the results of the team, it's time to do some healthy reflection and, as the...

Soybean pests are sneaky. Just when you think you've got the answer in the bag or the bottle, the troublemakers are back to shave top-end yield.

Matt Danner climbed into one of a pair of John Deere S680s the family farm ran for the 2018 harvest. From the high perch of his combine cab, Danner cut through a "very good" corn crop knowing well, that by wider measures, the fall's farm economy is stable at...

Holiday Cranberry Pie

Declining cattle numbers in some regions of the country are a door of opportunity for Nebraska's producers. That's what Jim MacDonald believes, and it was the focus of a field day earlier this year at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center, near Mead.

Q: I have an 820 Massey disk. It is a great finishing disk and really does a great job of cutting and covering. However, ever since I bought the used disk, I have had trouble with the outside disk on the front left gang breaking out in the center. I have replaced the same...

Ethanol demand has suffered little due to EPA's recent approvals of small-refinery exemptions (SRE) to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a new analysis from a University of Illinois (UI) economics professor finds.

"We will be at a bit more elevated risk in western Kansas this year," she notes. Plentiful rain throughout the summer allowed volunteer wheat to germinate and emerge continuously through the summer months and September, she says.

Soil labs report that about 65% of soils they test from across the Corn Belt are deficient in sulfur. "It was close to zero percent until the early 2000s," says Steve Gauck, a Beck's Hybrids field agronomist.

With harvest time comes the age-old question: Do I farm another year, or is it time to get out? The topic tends to come up in the late fall and winter, so now is a good time to review the new federal estate tax laws and share a few thoughts on farm succession planning.