ERIC STANN
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
University of Missouri researchers are turning a unique variety of corn into an effective natural alternative to artificial food dyes.
At Mizzou’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, scientists are studying a variety of purple colored corn traditionally...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
High temperatures and high humidity coinciding with one of corn’s most critical growth stages results in a condition many refer to as “corn sweat.”
Corn sweat is a colloquial term for transpiration, the natural process of corn plants...
Parasitoid wasps were released statewide to help protect lilies and slow the spread of a destructive pest
SHEILA BABBITT
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
After years of planning, permit approvals and international collaboration, Michigan State University entomologist Marianna Szűcs has launched the state's first biological control program targeting...
JAN SUSZKIW
BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND
Just like the weeds they target, herbicides are also sensitive to the weather—before, during, and after application. Now, with the aid of computer modeling and one of the largest databases yet, a team of scientists is working...
ANDREW P. GRIFFITH
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
Fuel Tennessee fuel prices were mainly steady compared to last week with diesel being the only fuel reporting a higher price. Current average prices stand at $3.70 per gallon for regular gasoline, $4.16 for mid-grade, $4.57...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension state field crops and forage entomologist Ivair Valmorbida says corn leafhoppers have been confirmed in five Missouri counties.
Valmorbida’s team of extension specialists found corn leafhoppers on June 16 and June...
JENNIFER ELWELL
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) a $1.7 million grant to strengthen local food systems and expand seed-based entrepreneurship across Eastern Kentucky. The three-year project, "Strengthening Local Food...
TODD MILLER
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
Symbiotic relationships come in many harmless forms throughout nature: clownfish and anemones, whales and barnacles, and bees and flowers to name a few. Two LSU AgCenter scientists are studying how to use symbiosis to potentially control...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension state field crops and forage entomologist Ivair Valmorbida says corn leafhoppers have been confirmed in five Missouri counties.
Valmorbida’s team of extension specialists found corn leafhoppers on June 16 and June...
KIERSTEN WISE
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Frequent rainfall across Kentucky has increased concern about foliar diseases in corn, but the good news is that important diseases like Southern rust have not yet been confirmed in the state. Southern rust typically arrives in Kentucky in mid-July,...
LAUREN QUINN
URBANA, ILLINOIS
A new analysis from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Illinois Soybean Association finds that Illinois corn and soybean farmers could lose up to $609 million per year — representing a 3.6% revenue loss — if the state banned the...
RYAN MCGEENEY
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture experts are urging the state’s pasture managers to gear up for winter by planting cool-season grasses in the fall.
Jonathan Kubesch, extension forage specialist for the Division of Agriculture, said that...
GIOVANI PREZA FONTES AND DR. JOHN JONES
URBANA, ILLINOIS
Despite June temperatures averaging near normal across Illinois, weather conditions shifted dramatically during the second half of the month. The first half of June was very warm, with temperatures ranging from 3...
JENNIFER ELWELL
PRINCETON, KENTUCKY
The University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) will host the 2026 Corn, Soybean and Tobacco Field Day on July 21 at its UK Research and Education Center in Princeton to deliver timely, research-based information to growers and agribusiness...
MU Extension offers scouting, identification and management options.
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
On June 16 and June 22, corn leafhoppers were detected in Missouri cornfields during routine field scouting in Boone County. These fields are part of in-season monitoring led...
