The National Corn Growers Association joined 51 other agricultural groups in submitting comments this week to the U.S. Department of Transportation addressing the many disruptive factors facing the U.S. supply chain. The comments provide recommendations on how to alleviate...
Crop Insights by Andy Heggenstaller, Pioneer Agronomy Research Manager
Summary
Cover crops can offer multiple benefits to corn and soybean cropping systems, but they also introduce new management considerations and challenges.
Most cover crops fall into 1 of 3 groups...
Cory Atley, Ohio's four-time crop production yield winner, today announced a new brand - Advanced Yield Select Crop Inputs - for the purpose of helping growers "make the most of every dollar they spend on crop inputs on every...
The newly assembled genomes of 26 different genetic lines of corn illustrate the crop's rich genetic diversity and could pave the way for a better understanding of what genetic mechanisms account for crop traits prized by farmers.
The mapping of...
The Crop Production report issued yesterday by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) forecasted soybean and corn production up from 2020. Soybean production is up 5% from last year, forecast at 4.34 billion bushels; corn growers are expected to...
Barchart, a leading provider of data and technology services to the financial, media, and commodity industries, announces their October cmdty Production Forecasts at 15,119M bu for corn and 4,190M bu for soybeans in the U.S, which incorporates forecasts for...
Bayer announced today receipt of the final safety certificate for import and food/feed use from China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for the company's third-generation corn rootworm trait (MON 87411). This approval represents the final key authorization for...
The USDA's national corn condition rating dipped a little bit again last week, while soybeans held steady after another widely mixed week for weather in the Midwest and Plains.
As of Sunday, 54% of U.S. corn is called good to...
Some U.S. producers were able to make good corn and soybean planting progress last week, while wet, cool weather kept others out of the fields. The USDA says that as of Sunday, 27% of U.S. corn is planted, compared...
With planting well underway in the South, scouting early and often can be the difference between a good and great yield. Cornfields should be scouted weekly from emergence until plants are roughly 12 inches tall.
Cutworms can be particularly damaging...