Emily Unglesbee

Two GMO Announcements Garner Two Very Different Reactions

Some early-season caterpillars and slugs are out and feasting on small, late-planted corn and soybean fields.

It's hard to enjoy your planted crop when you know its yield potential has already slipped 10% to 20% by planting, View From the Cab farmers admitted.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has agreed to move its cutoff date for over-the-top dicamba applications from June 30 to July 15 for June-planted soybean fields. Other states are under pressure to do the same, including...

State regulators and Extension offices cannot yet recommend many fungicides, herbicides, or insecticides for farmers eager to grow hemp.

State regulators and Extension offices cannot yet recommend many fungicides, herbicides, or insecticides for farmers eager to grow hemp.

Some state pesticide regulators feel the time and resources they put into reporting dicamba damage to EPA last summer was wasted -- and they might not repeat it this summer.

Weed control and soil protection should be your top priorities. Cover crops are a popular option to accomplish these goals, but seed supplies are tight.

Here's the latest wisdom on maturity groups, seeding population, row spacing and more for June-planted soybean fields.

Saturated and compacted soils, herbicide and anhydrous injury, disease, insects and nutrient deficiencies are all potential threats to corn stands this year.

Check for inversions, catalogue your surroundings, consider leaving glyphosate out of the tank, watch wind speeds and know your state's rules.

We compiled a review of the research on late-planting decisions, from hybrid maturity changes, to the risks of "mudding in" corn and switching crops.

Many Midwest fields have blown past the 4- to 6-inch weed-height control recommendation. Now what?

Persistent wet weather, a slow planting pace and volatile markets are making #plant19 one for the memory books.

Corn growers who rely on single-trait Cry1F hybrids are at risk from this corn pest, which has long been controlled by Bt traits.

The tour's participants also estimated a final production of 306.5 million bushels, after stopping at 469 fields over the course of three days.

Yield estimates dropped a little as scouts encountered some dryness, disease and nutrient deficiency, but yield potential remains well above last year.

The first day of the Wheat Quality Council's Hard Red Winter (HRW) Wheat Tour found a delayed crop, but plenty of yield potential.

This year, scouts may get a break from two years of extreme weather conditions in the Southern Great Plains.

Taproot decline and red crown rot are two fairly new soybean diseases that may be unfamiliar to Midwest farmers.

Can you identify Palmer amaranth plants when they are still small enough to kill?

Good wheat growing conditions in the spring can also be conducive to diseases.

"The secret truth is that planting and weed control are more time sensitive than N application," one Missouri crop expert said.

State regulators and departments of agriculture are pushing back against EPA's move to limit state use of 24(c) labels.

As floods, rain and chilly soils have kept many farmers out of the field, anxiety over planting is starting to rise among some farmers.

Distance between the injection site and the corn seed matters more than time between application and planting.

How Dicamba's Visibility Could Change Ag Pesticide Use Forever

The news that EPA may limit state pesticide restrictions has alarmed state regulators, particularly those dealing with widespread dicamba injury each spring and summer.

Monsanto, now Bayer, estimates that XtendFlex corn could someday penetrate up to 89% of U.S. corn acreage.