THOMPSON, Mo. — After hot, dry weather in August, northeast Missouri farmer Chad Bruns said corn harvest got started in early September and then picked up the pace in mid-September. He said moisture was in the upper teens or low 20s in most cornfields at the time.
Harvest was moving quickly during this year's Missouri Farmer Today Harvest Survey.
Nitrogen application in the fall and winter might need to be delayed this year with the appearance of a Super El Niño.
NORBORNE, Mo .— On an early October day, Nathan White was harvesting corn, seeing the variety of this year’s crop.
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Perfect timing. That’s what Ryan Semke credits for record yields from his river bottom corn fields in St. Charles County.
ROCK PORT, Mo. — On a late September day, farmers in Atchison County were easing into fields, looking for dry areas and getting some ground harvested between rains.
ARMSTRONG, Mo. — As the 2026 harvest rolls on, yield monitors tell the story of the growing season.
LEETON, Mo. — In west central Missouri, an eventful weather year led to a varied harvest.
With recent rains adding moisture across parts of the Corn Belt, growers may be trying to determine how early to get those combines rolling.
Some new corn hybrids short in stature may be long on promise.
New pre-emergent chemistry offers hope for growers battling the most aggressive resistant weeds in North America.
Harvest will tell the final story of this year’s crops, but timely rains have helped them look promising in many parts of the Midwest.
Most seed put into the ground in the Midwest is treated, but the jury is still out as to the most effective use of chemical and biological additives. There’s little doubt that treatments are beneficial but there’s much to be learned.
Down in southeast Missouri, the cotton and rice crops are getting close to harvest, and it has been a generally good weather year for the crops.
As producers prepare for silage harvest, remember that corn silage harvest is one of the most fast‑paced high‑stakes periods on a dairy farm, and the decisions made in the next few weeks will shape feed quality for the entire year. Four factors -- cut length, moisture, packing density and pi…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Construction progresses on the new University of Missouri Soybean Cyst Nematode Diagnostics Lab.
ROCK PORT, Mo. — On an overcast late-August day, University of Missouri Extension agronomists and specialists talked about crop productivity, technology and ongoing research at the annual MU Graves-Chapple Extension and Education Center field day.
The Peterson Farm Brothers, Greg, Nathan and Kendal, are fifth-generation farmers working the land in central Kansas. Although many might know them from their popular farming content on YouTube and other social media channels, their day-to-day still revolves around raising beef cattle and gr…
MONTICELLO, Iowa — About 125 area farmers gathered Aug. 18 to get information on insurance considerations, storage challenges, grazing options and other management strategies following heavy storm damage earlier this month in eastern Iowa.
As summer nears its finish, many farmers are making decisions on when to take a last cutting of hay and which pastures to let grow as stockpiled forage for grazing later.
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — Farmers at Beck’s Hybrids Becknology Day in southern Illinois Aug. 7 had the chance to see how crops reacted in a “hot spot” for red crown rot.
EFFINGHAM, Ill. — An Aug. 7 Becknology Day tour aimed to help guide farmers as nitrogen prices rise.
Harvest gets closer with each passing week, and the story of this season remains the same: Massive precipitation events in some areas and too little in others.
As August rolls on, the anticipation of harvest builds with each week. Farmers see the sunsets creeping earlier and crops moving closer to the finish line. The last weeks before harvest are a time for getting equipment ready and making plans for storing grain.
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