Pacific Northwest farmers expect to plant slightly more wheat and corn, and slightly less barley and hay this year, according to USDA’s prospective plantings report. Washington farmers will plant 2.35 ...
While growing corn is relatively easy, ensuring that the ears are full of juicy kernels requires adequate pollination with a planting method you should embrace.
Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the atmosphere more than 300 ...
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 ...
Corn and soybeans lower early Tuesday, with wheat trying to bounce. Cattle are higher, but hogs lower. John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, says corn and soybeans are seeing early pressure Tuesday ...
HOPKINS, Mich. — Dozens of members of the Potawatomi tribe gathered at the Jijak Camp in Hopkins Thursday evening to plant thousands of "mndaamin" or Flint corn seeds. Hosted by the Gun Lake Tribe in ...
MOLINE, Ill. — A commercial-merchandising consultant said, due to corn supply, it is likely corn-planting intention numbers will increase this year. Chairman of Advanced Trading, Inc. Curt Strubhar ...
USDA’s second check of planting progress for the season shows Iowa farmers started planting corn this past week, but that number could make a massive jump by next week, as some farmers are seeing a ...
Wet conditions kept some farmers out of the fields last week, while others were able to get plenty of planting done. The U.S.D.A. report shows overall corn planting hit 49% by Sunday. The northwest ...
Farmers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota in general planted in line with national trends for the U.S.'s three major crops: corn, soybeans and wheat. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...
Purdue Extension entomologists encourage corn farmers to be on the lookout for wireworms prior to planting. The click beetle larvae feed on corn seed germ and can prevent plants from sprouting.