Emily Unglesbee

Expect ag chemical scarcity, higher prices and supply chain problems to persist into 2022.

Don't let your combine turn a weed patch into a field-wide problem next year or contaminate your grain. Manage those weeds before harvest whenever possible.

Seed tags can provide details on GM traits, germination rates, added chemicals and pesticide label requirements.

EPA is demanding more dicamba injury information from herbicide manufacturers Bayer, BASF, Syngenta and Corteva, as it reviews the 2021 spray season.

Cheat sheet lists corn insect-resistant traits, targeted pests, refuges and more.

Cheat sheet lists corn insect-resistant traits, targeted pests, refuges and more.

Even the best-looking cornfields might be hiding some stalk problems. Scout which fields to prioritize for harvest.

The "What's on Your Seed?" chart helps identify the major seed coatings options for U.S. row-crop growers.

Next year's National Wheat Yield Contest will offer $500 rewards to national winners whose wheat passes certain industry quality standards.

Cheat sheet lists corn insect-resistant traits, targeted pests, refuges and more.

Use this chart to identify products and active ingredients.

Seed tags can be a valuable source of information.

Farmers have seen an active year of insects, disease and herbicide-resistant weeds, on top of the usual seasonal challenges of farming, DTN Farm Advisers report in this month's Field Roundup.

EPA has determined that thousands of endangered species and critical habitats could be adversely affected by three neonicotinoids, which could mean label changes are ahead for these insecticides.

Some soybeans are dropping pods or failing to fill them in the face of late-season dryness, but all is not lost. Late-season moisture can help remaining seeds fill out if it arrives in time.

You may have more at stake with EPA's recent decision to revoke tolerances for this insecticide than you realize. Here are five things to know for farmers and applicators.

Tar spot and Southern corn rust are still present and spreading in Midwest cornfields. Fungicide windows are closing rapidly but scouting remains worthwhile for future management.

SDS may be cropping up more this year with more susceptible varieties on the market and the disease's root rot symptoms able to affect even drier regions.

The EPA effectively banned agricultural use of chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) Wednesday by revoking all food tolerances for the controversial insecticide.

Fall armyworms are on the march still, as sugarcane aphids spread in the Southern Plains and rootworm damage hits a six-year high.

EPA will permit aerial applications of paraquat, albeit with expanded buffer requirements and acreage limits, the agency said in its finalized interim registration decision released on Aug. 1.

Tempers are running hot this year, as dicamba injury surfaces for a fifth year and EPA seeks to evaluate the success of the 2020 dicamba labels.

Midwest, mid-South and Plains growers should be on alert for southern corn rust, a fast-moving disease that is already surfacing in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Indiana in mid-July.

Another year of cupped soybeans is inspiring another wave of rumored causes, but scientists say off-target dicamba exposure remains the likeliest culprit.

Concerns are mounting over the overuse of seed treatments, their effect on our ecosystems and the unanswered question of how industry discards huge amounts of pesticide-coated seed each year.

Think your weeds are dead? Check again. Growing resistance to dicamba, 2,4-D and glufosinate (Liberty) is showing up this summer.

Scout for soybean aphids but remember that robust beneficial insect populations may preempt the need for insecticides, if given time to develop.