SARAH CATO
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Agriculture remains Arkansas’ largest industry, but the 2026 Arkansas Agriculture Profile shows declining crop cash receipts and paints a picture of an industry in crisis.
The profile, published annually by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture,...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
October’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report dealt corn prices another blow, but there’s still a lot of U.S. corn left to harvest.
Industry analysts were looking toward the Oct. 9 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates,...
WILL MAPLES
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI
Producers have until December 11 to choose between Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for 2026. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) opened election and enrollment on September 16. Elections are made crop by...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO,ARKANSAS
Commodity markets are looking toward Friday’s WASDE, or World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, following a more than 20-cent drop in corn futures prices last week.
In its quarterly Grain Stocks Report on Sept. 30, the U.S Department of Agriculture...
Shelly Kerns, Boyd Padgett, and Trey Price, LSU AgCenter Scientists
SHELLY KERNS, BOYD PADGETT AND TREY PRICE
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
There has been an abundance of ear rots reported in Louisiana throughout this growing season. As the harvest window is winding down,...
ERICK LARSON
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
Many plant species can serve as cover crops grown during the off-season from the life cycle of primary crops. In the Midsouth region of the United States, primary crops grow during the summer, so cover crops are...
DENNIS B. EGLI
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
The flexibility (plasticity) of a plant (plays an important role in many crop management decisions. But what is ‘plasticity’? A dictionary definition – “to mold or shape”- doesn’t tell us much. A more useful definition describes...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Arkansas’ soybean harvest is moving at a record pace for this time of year, according to the Crop Progress report issued this week from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
“At 27 percent complete, the soybean harvest for the...
Current Corn Earworm Trapping Numbers
JULIE PETERSON
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Pheromone trap catches for corn earworm (CEW) moths have risen again in central Kentucky and are well above the 5-year average (Figure 1, Lexington location on the right). In western Kentucky, trap numbers...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
September Crop Production Report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service is forecasting record corn and soybean yields for Arkansas.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
“The report also increased the expected rice...
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
As MU State Extension Specialist in agronomy Kelly Nelson says, Missouri is “one day away from a flood, and 10 days away from a drought.” It is a reality farmers face each growing season. Too much...
MARY HIGHTOWER
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
Dry weather is keeping the combines rolling in Arkansas corn, rice and soybeans, and the high heat is driving cotton toward the beginning of its harvest.
Meanwhile, farmers are coping with higher costs to harvest.
This week’s Crop Progress...
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Long before precision agriculture, drones and artificial intelligence became part of everyday conversations in farming, Tim Reinbott was crawling through soybean and corn fields carrying IV bags and needles. The setup looked more like a hospital...
ERICK LARSON, DR. COREY BRYANT AND DR. BRENDAN ZURWELLER
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI
Despite the interest about improving soil health, cover crops, soil carbon and other topics, it may be easy to overlook the considerable effect that crop residue management has on...
CAMERON RUDOLPH
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
Research is showing how Michigan growers can save money, improve crops and protect valuable water resources.
This story is part of a series highlighting the impact of MSU AgBioResearch’s work with Michigan agriculture and natural resources that...
