As weeds, diseases and insects are adapting to over-used chemistries, farmers should implement a program approach to get ...

There are still a few old hay loaders out there from the days of loose hay being stuffed in barns. Larry Shurr, Valparaiso, Ind., has an Easyway Hay Loader made by the Sandwich Co., Sandwich, Ill., in ...

Twelve acres, 72 plots, lots of data. Since 1981, the leaders of Rodale Institute have put organic and conventional field crop systems to the test in a side-by-side experiment to see what cropping ...

With concerns about high prices and supply constraints impacting glyphosate this year, Charlie Cahoon, North Carolina State University Extension weed specialist for corn and cotton is offering a road ...

Do you plan to fail in marketing your old- and new-crop corn and soybeans? There’s an old adage that “failing to plan is planning to fail.” So what is your marketing plan, and could you write it down ...

If you think you know all there is to know about practicing safety around grain bins, you don’t need to read any further. But odds are good there is one or more points on this 10-point checklist that ...

Drive down the roads in many parts of the Midwest and the crops look good. Maybe even phenomenal, says Eric Wilson, agronomist at Wyffels Hybrids. “If you go pull ears and you look at the potential, ...

Two livestock associations in Illinois are partnering to cultivate youth who may be interested in the respective industries. Together, the Illinois Pork Producers Association and Illinois Beef ...

What if you could grow corn, drive a truck powered by ethanol and fly a plane with corn-based fuel? For Maple Park, Ill., farmer and FedEx pilot Chris Gould, that could actually happen. “It would be ...

The formula for profit on corn or soybeans sounds simple: Yield times price minus cost. But plans made in winter and reality at harvest can result in something completely different. All three ...

When Nebraska Extension engineer Paul Jasa talks about planters, no-till and cover crops, people listen. Jasa has a wealth of knowledge, attained through research over the past four decades, that he ...

Farm Progress partnered with University of Nebraska-Lincoln at the 2024 Husker Harvest Days event to present a new program, Women in the Field. A series of speakers on Wednesday shared perspectives on ...