A new weed is showing up in Iowa and Illinois, and farmers are being asked to watch for it this season.

Electric solution sparks a growing family business for Missouri farmers.

All eight major fertilizers logged slightly higher prices for the second full week of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, no fertilizer had a considerable price increase for the first time in 13 weeks. That takes us back to the first week of February 2026.

In their efforts to show the Trump administration is focused on bringing down fertilizer prices, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins led another press event on Tuesday at USDA's headquarters in Washington, D.C., to tout the permitting for CF Industries' Blue Point ammonia...

As warmer temperatures begin to be seen in the Midwest, alfalfa weevil populations could be on the increase. Experts tell alfalfa growers to scout their fields every few days and treat fields with high populations of the pest. Failure to do this could lead to lost forage...

Firms with nitrogen projects at various stages of development say they have seen more focus on ramping up production, especially since Trump administration officials announced a strategy at the end of April to build out more fertilizer...

Crop scouts on the 2026 Hard Winter Wheat Tour estimated a crop averaging 38.9 bushels per acre, significantly less than last year but higher than USDA's predicted yield for Kansas.