Post-holiday and post-election corn and soybean trading can disrupt markets, and thin volumes may exaggerate price swings, triggering stop orders that exacerbate volatility.

Specialty crops offer unique opportunities to include cover crops in the rotation because they are often harvested earlier. This opens a wider window for a late-summer or earlier-fall seeding in which ...

Farm Progress Show and Husker Harvest days offer an opportunity for ag companies to showcase their newest innovations, products and upgrades. Farm Progress editors seek out those products, from ...

With the 2024 growing season upon us, burndown, preplant and preemergence herbicide applications should be top-of-mind for those interested in keeping ahead of weed issues. With each new year, new ...

It seems like new farming tech comes out every week. From precision agriculture to apps that help with farming communication or alternate modes of energy, it feels like there’s always an innovation ...

On the farm, timing is everything. You get one shot each year to make a crop, and getting grain unloaded, stored and delivered shouldn’t hold you back. Check out the list below. 1. Proximity to a ...

Standing in a muddy cattle pen on a rainy day is not the dream college experience for many students. But the rare few who dare to live it know one thing: Livestock judging at this level prepares you ...

Growers are always expressing concern about the potential negative effects of herbicides on crops. “Is that going to burn my crop?” or “Will that injury reduce yields?” are frequent questions I’m ...

How long the value of Iowa land will increase is the real question many are wondering. The recent survey done by the Iowa Chapter of Realtors Land Institute shows another increase in the past six ...

With the 2024 season coming to a close, now is the time to prepare for next year. If you’re in the market for new hay ...

With skyrocketing fertilizer prices, growers are looking for where and how to reduce the fertilizer costs on their farms to remain profitable this year. One way precision agriculture can help growers ...

Every growing season is different and unique, this year is not different. Since late spring, we experienced very wet condition until mid-May, then very dry, then very wet again. It is almost like ...