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Yields can spike when corn plants come up together.

For the last four weeks, prices for most of the major fertilizers have been higher compared to the month prior.

The so-called Arkansas 6 may lose in-season access to dicamba while the state Supreme Court hears the attorney general's appeal.

There has been little demand for new tons of ammonia thus far in the season with wet and cold weather pushing back opportunities for preplant applications in many regions.

Cover crops can attract a host of insects, from beneficial predators to serious crop pests. Be prepared to manage them.

Average retail prices for all but one fertilizer continued to edge higher the fourth week of March 2018. The price of UAN32 was down about 2.5% from the previous month.

The unusual ruling can still be appealed by the state, which could halt the farmers' access to the herbicide this year, however.

Seven years ago, Dan Gause considered 140 bushels per acre a good crop for his commercial land. Today, it's normally 200 bushels or more per acre. Here's how he did it.

Average retail fertilizer prices continued to inch higher the third week of March 2018.

Illinois farmer Dave Albin foots the bill to install drainage tile, which costs hundreds of dollars per acre, on land he rents. In exchange, he seeks a long-term lease, up to 10 years. Here's how both Albin and the...

It's rarely worthwhile to have more than 31,000 plants per acre in Indiana, according to a Purdue study examining 81 field trials since 2008.

Prices for all eight of the major fertilizers were higher the second week of March 2018 compared to last month.

This corn producer finds a trade-off between plant populations and stalk size -- and he'd go for big stalks.

Assessing the impact of insects on previous year's crops can help growers anticipate problems for the future.

Checking wind and temperature can be vital to the safe and effective application of herbicides.

Applicators and farmers learn proper techniques at Asmark Institute course.

In this week's Crop Tech Corner, two long-term studies reveal unintended benefits of GM corn hybrids, including regional pest suppression and lower toxin levels.

A new list is out of sorghum hybrids that show good tolerance to the sugarcane aphid.

Fertilizer prices continued to trend higher the first week of March 2018.

This wasp eats soybean aphids from the inside out, but current insecticide use may be holding it back.

As winter wheat greens up on the Southern Plains, it is searching for moisture and finding none.

Virginian scores great corn yields near The Great Dismal Swamp.

Iowa joins the list of states facing frogeye leaf spot with resistance to QoI fungicides (strobilurins).

Bayer is now in exclusive talks with BASF on the sale of its entire vegetable seed business.

Retail fertilizer prices continued to inch higher the fourth week of February 2018.