Track early corn growth stages to time input applications. From V1 to tasseling, protect yield potential with a proactive management plan.

AFBF urges the White House to address surging fertilizer prices as farmers face falling crop prices and inflation, while StoneX outlines potential long-term solutions to stabilize fertilizer markets ...

USDA’s March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates risks getting lost in the mix as the escalating war with Iran feeds volatility across markets, including grains. Traders are also looking ...

Rich Nelson with Allendale says with a quiet WASDE, the corn and wheat markets were again caught in the money flow from the energy sector.

In a dry situation with conventional tillage, use row cleaners to push away clods in front of the planting units. “If you crush clods with your depth wheels, you’ll put dry soil around the seed,” ...

The value of drones on the farm, as high as it is today,” says Russell Hedrick, “will soon go up to levels not even imagined yet.” ...

Fifth-generation farmer Justin Wylie is testing algae to rebuild soil health in orchards. By boosting soil microbes through ...

A wet, active weather pattern across the Eastern Corn Belt could delay early planting this spring. Meteorologist Matt Griffin ...

The "One Big Beautiful Bill" has fundamentally changed crop insurance. Here is how to capture the new ECO and SCO opportunities before time runs out.

While farmers are facing higher fertilizer prices due to the Iran conflict the inability to move fertilizer through the Strait of Hormuz is also threatening spring supplies.

An Iowa auction features Ford and International tractors that bring top dollar along with "years of experience." ...

Lane Akre, economist for Pro Farmer says: "It's not a matter of collusion, it's a matter of just not enough supply out in the ...