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...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Early results from University of Missouri seed variety testing trials are showing higher-than-average wheat yields in southeastern Missouri, according to Andre Froes de Borja Reis, assistant professor of soybean farming systems and head of MU’s Variety Testing Program for wheat,...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
University of Missouri Extension state field crops and forage entomologist Ivair Valmorbida will update producers on pests affecting corn and soybean crops at the annual MU Crop & Pest Management Field Day, July 8 in Columbia.
Valmorbida will...
MARIANNE STEIN
URBANA, ILLINOIS
Soils that are exposed to prolonged drought often develop desiccation cracks, which impact soil properties and exacerbate moisture loss through evapotranspiration. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines the evolution of soil cracking and how cracks interact with...
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Major equipment purchases involve more ongoing costs than many realize. Whether you’re making a cash purchase or opting for financing, the ownership costs of machinery continue after the check is cashed or the final payment...
CHARLEY MARTINEZ
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
This week’s outlook points to largely steady conditions across row crops, with a few notable shifts. In the WASDE, U.S. wheat is facing tighter supplies due to lower production and yields, pulling ending stocks down sharply from...
KIERSTEN WISE
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
Although it is only the first week of June, corn across western Kentucky will be tasseling before we know it. Many fields are at V10 or beyond, prompting questions about fungicide applications and favorable disease conditions.
Frequent rainfall...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Frequent rain and unseasonably cool weather this May are creating favorable conditions for tar spot to develop in Missouri cornfields in June.
“We’ve detected tar spot in June in each of the last three years, and I anticipate...
ERICK LARSON
STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi’s corn crop is already tasseling or quickly approaching, which is the beginning of the important reproductive stages. This year’s weather has been exceptionally dry and completely opposite of last year until recently, so how might this...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS EXTENSION
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
May’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, report is shining a biofueled ray of light as it forecasts higher average prices for soybeans and corn.
Each month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Outlook...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
University of Missouri Extension specialists are urging farmers, gardeners, hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts to take precautions against ticks by treating clothing with permethrin, a highly effective repellent that both repels and kills ticks.
The reminder comes...
GIOVANI PREZA FONTES
URBANA, ILLINOIS
April ended with temperatures averaging 4 to 8 degrees above normal in Illinois, and despite several rainfall events across the state, planting progress continued to advance. Conditions have generally allowed for steady fieldwork, with USDA-NASS reporting...
