ANDREW P. GRIFFITH
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
Fuel
Tennessee fuel prices were largely higher compared to last week. Current average prices stand at $3.67 per gallon for regular gasoline, $4.15 for mid-grade, $4.55 for premium, and $5.08 for diesel. Compared with one week ago,...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
This year’s droughted rice harvest in Arkansas will be something of a chase game, said Jarrod Hardke, extension rice agronomist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
This week’s Crop Progress report from the U.S. Department of...
GIOVANI PREZA FONTES
URBANA, ILLINOIS
Weather and crop condition
Planting and emergence of the 2026 Illinois corn crop began a little earlier than normal, and overall average temperatures this summer have kept crop development near a normal pace (Figure 1). Rainfall and...
WILL MAPLES
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI
When choosing where to deliver grain, producers often focus first on the posted price. However, the highest posted price may not always result in the highest net return. Grain moisture, buyer discounts, delivery distance, fuel costs,...
ERICK LARSON
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI
Corn harvest should continue to ramp up as grain dries down to lower moisture content. Thus far we have generally had good weather for grain drydown and few storms or wind which could potentially complicate harvest....
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,...
