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- Mark Conlon
There’s going to be more sunflowers planted in the Northern Plains in 2026, providing farmers follow through with their planned intentions as projected in the Prospective Planting Report, which was released on March 31.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a row-crop farmer near St. Joseph, Missouri, Joe Lau said he’s noticing more extreme weather these days. There are warmer seasons throughout the year. Quarter-inch predictions of rain are stamped out by storms that bring 3 inches. There’s increased pressure from pests on h…
- Tim Kenyon
Farmers plan to plant less corn and more soybeans in 2026 compared to last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported in its March 31 Prospective Plantings report.
- Tim Kenyon
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — World class adventure happens in Kirkwood Community College’s ag program.
- Kristen Sindelar
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- Mark Conlon
With the start of the Iran conflict in March, spring wheat, and a number of other commodities saw prices rally. Since then, however, prices have seen a slight correction lower.
- Julie_Belschner
SAN ANTONIO – Fred Below has been digging into dirt research for more than 41 years – growing knowledge through huge changes in agriculture. He’s a professor of crop physiology in the University of Illinois-Department of Crop Sciences.
- Janelle Atyeo
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- Benjamin Herrold
Aaron Brandt works as director of the University of Missouri’s Fisher Delta Research, Extension and Education Center at Portageville, Missouri, in southeast Missouri’s Bootheel region.
- Crystal Reed
Despite fertilizer supply concerns and rising prices, inputs shouldn’t play a large role in rotation decisions for 2026 planting, according to Iowa State University Extension Field Agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz.
- Mark Conlon
As anticipated, U.S. corn acreage in 2026 was projected lower when USDA released its Prospective Planting Report on March 31. But the bigger issue among many in the industry are rising fertilizer costs.
- Chris McCullough For Agri-View
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, Australia – For the past 48 years the Kelly family has proudly run a dairy farm near Melbourne, pursuing their dreams of milking cows. But the city creeped ever closer to their doorstep each day.
- Lainie Kringen-Scholtz
When you are shopping at the grocery store, you see many different options for the same thing, and one thing that you may notice are the “organic” labels.
Jim Alworth was destined to be a cowboy. Growing up and living in the Sandhills of Nebraska most of his life, he has been a rancher, rodeo cowboy, horse trainer, team roping producer and competitor, and pick up man. He lives the western way of life.
- Benjamin Herrold
The latest USDA hogs and pigs report showed a small increase in total inventory, although the breeding herd declined more than expected, the Livestock Marketing Information Center said.
- Crystal Reed
Funds in the grain market are in record long positions, and there is an energy, fertilizer and weather premium is the market, said Don Roose at U.S. Commodities.
- Jason Maloney For Agri-View
LA CROSSE, Wis. – Mark Twain would say all his best ideas had been stolen by the ancients. He may have had the right idea. Studying and learning information from successful people in our field of endeavor can save much time and some heartache. For organic farmers and for farmers who would li…
- Sue Roesler
Upside Robotics, an ag tech company based in Ontario, Canada, deploys 24-inch robots that work in a group called “swarms” to fertilize cornfields with precision, according to Jana Tian, chief executive officer and co-founder of Upside Robotics.
- By Darcy Maulsby for Tri-State Neighbor
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- Sarah Pfaff-Cavadini For Agri-View
MINDORO, Wis. – An old saying is that if something looks like a turkey and gobbles like a turkey, it’s a turkey. But instead it could be Jeff Fredrick, Wisconsin’s 12-time turkey-calling champion. He’s won numerous awards including at the national level.
- Sue Roesler
Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could have a “tremendous impact” on fertilizer prices globally and domestically, according to Bryon Parman, NDSU ag finance specialist and associate professor.
- Katie Kaliff-Jagels
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Technology on display at Commodity Classic ranged from robots that do fieldwork to satellite-powered planting tools, as equipment manufacturers and ag tech companies showed producers new ways to stretch inputs, save time and make better decisions.
- Lauren Quinn University of Illinois
Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode. Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it’s soybean’s single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean’s most effective tool, genetic resistance, is starting to fail.
- John Sumwalt For Agri-View
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- Crystal Reed
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