Experts Advise Cover Crops For Flooded Spots 

Source: Iowa Soybean Association

The floods are over and the floodwaters have receded, leaving barren areas in many farm fields where crops were drowned out and not...

USDA Crop Report 

By Kent Thiesse

The USDA Crop Report issued on August 12 came in with a larger-than-expected crop production estimate for the 2008 corn crop in the ...

Crop Ratings Mostly Steady to Lower 

By Richard Brock

USDA’s rating of U.S. corn conditions held steady last week, but soybean conditions declined slightly as dry weather affected crops in the eastern ...

Pest Wrap 

Source: University of Illinois

you sprayed beans for a Japanese beetle problem, beware of a potential increase in the soybean aphid population says ...

MU To Highlight Soybean Rust Research 

Source: University of Missouri

Asian soybean rust has not yet arrived in Missouri, but late-planted beans are at higher risk of damage if the fungal disease ...

USDA Raises Corn Crop, Cuts Soy Output 

By Richard Brock

Tuesday morning’s first USDA survey estimate of corn and soybean production held a bullish surprise for the soybean market and ...

Crops Update 

By Kent Thiesse

Crop conditions across the Midwest vary in early August depending on planting date, impacts from the heavy rains in June, timeliness and ...

Farm Bill Basics 

BY LARRY STALCUP

With corn and soybean prices at double or even triple their government loan rates, you wouldn't think government support programs would be in play in...

Planting More Corn This Year 

BY TYLER BRUCH

It seems like yesterday we were getting ready for the harvest season to begin in Brazil; it normally starts around the middle of March for most grain...

Drought-Proof 

BY FRED MILLER UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE

Two soybean breeding lines developed by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture offer improved yields under drought conditions. The high-yield,...