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.
Benjamin Herrold
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Ben Herrold is Missouri field editor, writing for Missouri Farmer Today, Iowa Farmer Today and Illinois Farmer Today.
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.
Population decline remains an issue for rural communities, though some have seen growth in recent years.
David Burton’s efforts to develop good communities and help people be a better neighbor led him to create Missouri’s “Good Neighbor Week.”
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, …
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 stockpil…
As another harvest season draws near, billions of bushels of corn and soybeans will be coming out of U.S. fields. Many of those will end up on…
Emerging technologies in robotics, as well as improvements to the capabilities of existing equipment such as drones, will push farming to new levels.
