Below we've pulled excerpts from Iowa crop consultant Bob Streit's most recent recommendations on coping with this cool, rainy spring. Our calls from farmers indicate that those who've patiently built...

For the second time, a California jury has found that a man developed cancer from Roundup exposure. The first verdict was handed down in in August in a San Francisco county...

"The planned market offers the singular focus of enabling and encouraging farmers and ranchers to adopt and sustain conservation management practices to improve soil health, reduce GHG emissions, and improve...

Yet another world-class, highly respected — and independent — climatologist is warning that the greatest climate threat to global agriculture is extended cooling, not warming. Meanwhile the political class races...

In the past three weeks, we've learned of four top-tier ag biological product manufacturers whose field trials revealed how WakeUP amplifies effectiveness of their products.  That's exactly what our own field research has shown...

"The years 2019-2025 and years 2030-2036 could be very cold with much shorter growing seasons unfolding in the Northern Hemisphere, where about 90% of both the world's population lives and coarse grains...

Rich in healthy antioxidant carotenoids. Buttery, nutty flavor. Appealing orange color. What's not to like about this corn variety developed by Professor Torbert Rocheford of Purdue University? February 11, 2019 — It...

If we said to you that "an extensive study of more than 2,100 yield response trials confirmed that soil-applied KCl (potassium chloride) fertilization is unlikely to increase crop yield," would you...

A series of health research studies in Belgium link human depression with a reduction in two microbial groups in the digestive tract. These are coprococcus and dialister, which have anti-inflammation properties.  February 5,...

A computer-controlled sprayer system acquired by John Deere in early 2018 uses multiple precision nozzles, triggered by computer-driven optics to discern weeds from crops. The technology could dramatically cut dependence on GMO seeds...

Here in northeast Iowa, forecasters peg the low tonight, Jan. 30, 2019, at 29 degrees below zero. Last night's wind chill was 40 below. Elsewhere around the Midwest, wind chills set...

Since we heard that report several weeks ago, we've attempted to get confirmation from some China contacts. But so far, no official word. Thus our headline must carry a big...

AgriEnergy Resources general manager Dean Craine recently reported 2018 field trials with the firm's new Stay Green foliar product, designed to keep corn growing rather than succumbing to early die-down.  January 2, 2019...

In the photo below, neighbors' cornfields are brown with early die-down surrounding all sides of the still-green corn. Dying corn is unable to add kernel depth and test weight for that profitable final...