Oil and fertilizer transports aren't able to safely pass through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a significant portion of ...
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 ...
Timely rains and great conditions have farmers racing to put seeds in the ground. USDA’s latest crop progress report shows 24% of the corn crop is now planted. That’s 2% ahead of the five-year average ...
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 ...
Iowa corn growers had 70 percent of their expected crop planted as of May 19, the most recent data available from the federal agriculture department. That is more than a week behind the five-year ...
Corn and soybean planting were delayed in late April by repeated rainfall, which was heaviest in northeast Iowa. (Gazette File Photo) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...
AMES, Iowa – A researcher at Iowa State University is urging Iowa farmers to adopt a diverse range of pest management tactics to suppress the resistance of western corn rootworm to Bt corn, a widely ...
FREMONT COUNTY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa farmers made headway planting corn, soybeans and oats early last week, but were slowed by storms that caused destruction in southwest Iowa, ...
When selecting hybrids, you're continuing work that started over 100 years ago with innovators seeking better than 25-bushel-per-acre corn.
Hybridization of other crops followed suit, including canola, rice, sorghum, sunflowers and wheat. Soybean remains an exception because its pollen shed occurs within a closed flower, making ...
A farmer kicks up dust in the early evening light while planting crops in April 2020 in rural Buchanan County. About three-quarters of the state’s corn crop has been planted so far this year. That’s ...