Silage harvest success starts long before the chopper rolls, with early planning, plant monitoring and team coordination key ...

If your crop is at risk from tar spot, the economic data tells Farm Journal Field Agronomists a fungicide will pay for itself ...

Abundant rainfall has put farmers in a position to raise good corn and soybean crops this year, although the stretches of wet ...

The Midwest has been inundated with rain, heat, oppressive humidity and "corn sweat". In fact, meteorologist Ryan Maue says the heat index hit 115°F Sunday night in Iowa — and 20°F to 25°F of that was ...

Your summer garden is in full bloom. You’re knee-deep in tomatoes and cucumbers. Your main jobs have become watching for bolting plants and keeping weeds at bay. Which means: Now is the perfect time ...

MAXWELL, Iowa — For the past several weeks, a corn disease called southern rust has been quickly spreading across Iowa.

The 2025 Prospective Plantings report surveyed nearly 74,000 farmers between February 27 and March 18 on what they intend to plant this year. As expected, due to market conditions and a large dip in ...

Once harvest began, the yield told the story. Tar spot caused problems that were compounded by the severe weather from Hurricane Helene last fall. Heavy rain and strong winds from the storm weakened ...