Planting corn later – as in May versus April – has resulted in higher yields for some central Illinois growers the past three years in a row. Each time, May-planted corn edged out the yields of the ...

A combination of precision fertilizer application, better water management, advances in genetics, seed treatments, and ...

During a Strategic Farming webinar hosted by the University of Minnesota Extension on March 25, Jeff Coulter, University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist, offered numerous considerations for the ...

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 ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers have hit very few snags with corn planting this spring, and the foreseeable future is barrier-free. Dry and mostly warm weather across the Corn ...

No-till planting of sweet corn into a killed winter rye cover crop has the potential to provide soil health benefits such as reduced compaction, improved soil water holding capacity, reduced ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska corn farmers are expected to plant 10.6 million acres of corn this year, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The March Prospective ...

A farmer kicks up dust in the early evening light while planting crops in April 2020 in rural Buchanan County. About three-quarters of the state’s corn crop has been planted so far this year. That’s ...