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Grape Colaspis is a problem growers in Illinois haven’t had to face in over two decades. Until two years ago. In this Managing for Profit, Pioneer agronomist Matt Montgomery explains how growers used new technologies [Read More…]

Soybean aphid populations are on the rise in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension entomologist Bob Koch says the largest numbers are in the central part of the state. “Stearns County area westward towards Willmar, and [Read More…]

Disease pressure continues to build in parts of the Corn Belt under stress from too much moisture. Carolyn Zierke is an innovation specialist for BASF in southern Minnesota. She says rain, heat, and humidity has [Read More…]

A soybean researcher says farmers in his state are adapting to the herbicide-resistant weed epidemic. David Kee with the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council tells Brownfield growers are mixing up chemistries and making more [Read More…]

A farm management analyst predicts the tumble in soybean prices will result in substantial crop insurance payments for some farmers. Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in south-central Minnesota says revenue protection policies based on optional [Read More…]

Many farmers across the Midwest are seeing a variety of crop diseases because of increasingly hot and moist conditions. Mike Meyer is a technical expert with Corteva. “Frogeye leaf spot, mostly gray leaf spot, and [Read More…]

United States representatives from Illinois, Rodney Davis, Cheri Bustos and John Shimkus are named to serve on the farm bill conference committee. Illinois Farm Bureau President, Richard Guebert says farm bureau is pleased that the [Read More…]

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has received 206 alleged dicamba misuse complaints as of Monday. There were 246 total reports in 2017. Dicamba misuse complaints will be taken year-round but must be made within 30 [Read More…]

The Missouri Department of Agriculture received 200 pesticide misuse complaints as of Monday – 139 are alleged dicamba injuries to a variety of crops including more than 20,000 acres of soybeans. Nearly half of the [Read More…]

The USDA expects margins for dairy farmers to remain tight into next year. USDA World Ag Outlook Board Chair Seth Meyer says while feed costs were lowered in the July outlook, it’s not enough to [Read More…]

A group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill in the U.S. House to replace the H-2A guest worker program. The Ag and Legal Workforce Act incorporates language that was defeated on the House floor [Read More…]

Recent analysis by the Soy Transportation Coalition shows dredging the Lower Mississippi River would enhance U.S. trade competitiveness and improve farmer profitability. Mike Steenhoek, director of the Coalition, calls the 256-mile stretch from Baton Rouge, [Read More…]

Recent reports indicate Palmer Amaranth has now been found in 29 states and as far north as Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan. At a recent glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth field day in south-central Nebraska, [Read More…]

It’s National Ice Cream month but some people are looking for tasty alternatives. Frozen yogurt continues to be a popular choice because it typically contains fewer calories but is still made from dairy and has health-promoting [Read More…]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has signed an executive order that puts 47 counties on drought alert. The USDA has provided extra assistance to livestock producers as a result of the drought which effects much of [Read More…]

The Renewable Fuels Association wants the EPA to fix what it calls the extensive damage done to the Renewable Fuel Standard by former Administrator Scott Pruitt. Samantha Slater, vice president of government affairs at the [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by technical buying as traders prepare for Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed and Inventory reports, while getting ready for the week’s widespread direct cash cattle [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Conditions are good overall, but the trade is watching wet weather in some areas and dry weather in others. Pakistan bought 199.500 tons of new [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production climbed last week, while stocks dropped. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.064 million barrels a day, up 31,000 from the previous week, as operations at some plants resumed following [Read More…]

The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration appears to have sided with dairy farmers on the milk labeling issue.  Scott Gottlieb said, “An almond doesn’t lactate, I will confess.” The current FDA standard for [Read More…]