Farmers facing dire economic situations need a new farm bill and financial assistance. All lanes of the American agricultural highway merged this week to drive a message to Washington. Farmers facing ...

All eyes were on USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report that was released Thursday morning, but the data the agency served up did little to bump the markets in either a ...

Planting date, seeding rate, and fertility are listed among the top management concerns when it comes to producing wheat in the Southwest. "Picks List" helps producers determine the best-adapted ...

If ear rots develop in Missouri and other western Corn Belt states, they likely will include gibberella and fusarium, Bish says. Aspergillus, which produces aflatoxin, also could appear, but it is ...

Kristin Poley, CMPM research and agronomy director, says Michigan corn farmers could see an average of 181 bushels per acre. That’s a bump compared to the USDA August estimate of 177 bushels per acre.

The most compelling stories to come from your farm this fall and winter will not be how you’re getting walloped by external forces, but rather, how you’re fighting back. You’re facing a real Hydra, a ...

The Jepsens farm near Amanda, Ohio, in southern Fairfield County, raising beef cattle, corn, soybeans, wheat, hay and pasture on 1,350 acres. The beef cattle enterprise includes 70 cows and a 240-plus ...

Many farms pass from one generation to the next with parents making use of some type of loan to the on-farm children. Whether you are making a loan in this context or to a friend in need, it is ...

The top issue facing lawmakers upon their return is appropriations. Government agencies are funded through the end of September. If a new appropriations package isn’t passed by month’s end, various ...

But field demos are not only available for row crops. Head over to the hay equipment demonstrations and watch the mowers, rakes and balers. Inspect the alfalfa stems for leaves. Then, watch the balers ...

The Ohio Conservation Farm Family Awards program recognizes farmers who are doing an outstanding job of protecting and conserving soil, water and related natural resources on the land they farm. The ...

In battle against Italian ryegrass, cover crops add to arsenal of control options. Many farmers already know cover crops provide a range of benefits. Planted in between cash crop growing seasons when ...