Summer-like temperatures and strong winds are helping dry out fields across the Midwest, as many farmers work to play catch-up with planting this week. That’s as the latest USDA Crop Progress Report ...

Agronomist Ryan Gentle shares scouting tips and spray timing strategies to control tar spot, southern rust and other corn ...

USDA’s third Crop Progress report of the year started reporting soybean planting progress, and it shows soybean planting is already underway in 10 states. Corn planting has already begun in 13 states, ...

Are you trying to grow sweet corn in your garden for a tasty golden harvest, but seem to be struggling with cobs coming out half-formed? Well, don't be too quick to blame it all on the lack of ...

A combination of precision fertilizer application, better water management, advances in genetics, seed treatments, and precision planting has provided opportunities for corn and soybeans to flourish.

As corn planting looms, the dread of disease pressures may be occupying producers’ thoughts. Some of the pesky problems in these parts are relatively new to the headache list, including Tar Spot, ...

Recent cool weather and rainy days may have prevented gardeners from planting sweet corn by the recommended start dates of early to mid-May. But you can still plant by June 15 to enjoy sweet corn late ...

Farmers in the northern Plains are leaning in on crops that look to offer the best chance at profitability in 2025. Among those crops that look to gain the most acres are corn, sugarbeets and ...

CHICAGO — Farmers in the U.S. plan to plant more corn and fewer soybeans this spring than they did last year, hoping to eke out a profit and shield themselves from U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

Soybean-to-corn ratio at 2.40 suggests no clear market advantage for either crop in 2026, allowing flexible planting strategies.