The latest news from the agricultural sector
2022-07-16
Cornish couple share new farm journey on TikTok
The couple have been documenting the set up of their farm in Redruth. Read more
2022-07-15
USDA Raises Corn, Lowers Soybean Production in July Report
With slightly higher corn acres, USDA on Tuesday bumped up corn production slightly to 14.5 billion bushels (bb), but lowered soybean production by 135 million bushels (mb) to 4.5 bb. Read more
2022-07-15
Long-term Studies: Do Insurance Applications of Foliar Fungicides Provide Benefits in Corn and Soybeans?
Insurance applications of foliar fungicides to soybean – do they provide a benefit? Read more
2022-07-15
Small Grains Disease and Pest Update 07/06/22
As temperatures and relative humidity values are creeping up so are the hours of leaf wetness and with that the risk for fungal infections. Since last Saturday about two-thirds to three-quarters of... Read more
2022-07-15
First Solar-Powered Center Pivot System Launched in Nebraska
A farm in South-Central Nebraska is the site of one of the nation’s first solar-powered center pivot systems. Read more
2022-07-15
Small Grains Disease and Pest Update 07/12/22
Andrew Friskop, Extension Plant Pathologist at NDSU, shared my concern that the risk models were underestimating the risk of FHB last week. Since the weekend the models have started to trend towards... Read more
2022-07-15
How Cover Crops can Protect the Chesapeake Bay
Shelly Porter, undergraduate research assistant, applies a vacuum to a tension lysimeter to sample water leached during the previous 24 hours. The sample includes water and dissolved nutrients that... Read more
2022-07-15
KIOTI Tractor Receives Equipment Dealers Association 2022 Gold Level Award
KIOTI Tractor, a division of Daedong-USA, Inc., recently received the 2022 Gold Level Award from the Equipment Dealers Association (EDA). This recognition is determined by dealer ratings gathered via... Read more
2022-07-15
Repairing Tornado Damage Takes Time, But Research, Outreach Continue
Advancing the newest peanut varieties may take an extra year and this year’s peanut crop may not run through the new peanut sheller. But the
Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center and... Read more
2022-07-15
Above-ground Microbial Communities that Quell Plant Diseases can be Developed
A tomato plant leaf infected with bacterial speck, the disease caused by P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Read more
2022-07-15
Soil Quality Critical to Help some US Crops Weather Heat Stress from Climate Change
The capacity of soil to hold water will be critical to determine how well farms in some regions of the United States manage the problem of prolonged heat stress due to climate change, a new study... Read more
2022-07-15
Eastern Canada continues to store more potatoes than the west
The United Potato Growers of Canada have released the final holdings report of the season. Victoria Stamper, general manager, explains that in previous years, the final holdings report has been... Read more