A crop protection specialist says he’s concerned about early detections of sudden death syndrome in soybeans. Troy Bauer is a senior seed treatment tech field representative for BASF and says, “We’re ...

Low commodity prices and high input costs can make raising cotton a challenge, but a cotton specialist at the University of Missouri says farmers can cut back on some costs and still raise a good crop ...

A farmer in southeast Indiana says he’s concerned about root development after excessive moisture this spring. Mike Koehne raises food-grade corn and soybeans and tells Brownfield.. “Mother Nature ...

A plant pathologist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says mid-summer rains have helped improve variable crop conditions. Dylan Mangel tells Brownfield, “It didn’t look great for quite awhile ...

The Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds is expanding in 2026 with the grand opening of a new agriculture center. Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, says the ...

The reconciliation package included a significant boost to USDA’s trade promotion programs. New USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs Luke Lindberg says the One Big Beautiful ...

A survey of 400 farmers and ranchers from across the country shows rising concern about the current state of the ag economy. Ag economist Jim Mintert says the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy ...

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The market manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says grass conditions are worsening in part of the state. Tony Hancock tells Brownfield the southern part of the state hasn’t seen a lot ...

A Nebraska farmer says the Make America Healthy Again Commission needs to balance promoting health and maintaining access to crop protection tools. Randy Uhrmacher says he agrees with findings in the ...

A seed consultant says the scattered problems with tassel wrap in corn are because growing conditions are almost too good. Ryan Durant from Dairyland Seed says tassel wrap is affecting some corn but ...

A southwestern Illinois farmer says this year’s wheat crop exceeded expectations. John Howell, who farms in Randolph and Monroe Counties and serves as president of the Illinois Wheat Association, says ...