Evaluating uniformity and spacing, assessing plant health and looking for pest feeding are some ways to improve stands in ...

The USDA prospective planting acreage is based on survey data collected from about 73,800 surveys sent to crop producers in ...

USDA forecasts 84.7 million soybean acres, below analyst estimates, while corn plantings hit 95.3 million acres despite high ...

No year in farming is the same, and as farmers navigate changing production methods, while still dealing with the challenges of Mother Nature every year, Ken Ferrie and team are helping farmers focus ...

According to the Prospective Plantings report, corn acreage is expected to decrease or stay the same in 37 of 48 states.

Some family farms in Missouri have added corn mazes to their fields during the fall to supplement their income. There’s more to corn mazes than getting lost among corn that’s 10 feet tall. They can be ...

U.S. corn production is no small potatoes. In 2023 alone, corn farming contributed an estimated $151 billion to the U.S. economy, including $62 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).¹ The ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CONCORDIA, Mo. — Corn and soybeans once covered Josh Payne’s farm as far as the eye could see. Tidy rows ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Corn and soybean markets were hit hard by the bushel of USDA reports that were recently released. Those reports included the January World Agriculture Supply and Demand ...

Scott Wettstein produced an impressive 300.7 bushels per acre for the 2025 National Corn Growers Association National Corn ...