Crop Topics

Apr 30, 2020

Corn Pest Beat: Check for underground pests at key times.

Apr 30, 2020

Read advice from Iowa’s Extension field agronomists as they report on planting progress in their regions.

Apr 29, 2020

Soybean Pest Beat: Tune into these possible insect pests.

Apr 28, 2020

Huanglongbing is an exotic citrus disease that kills every tree it infects.

Apr 28, 2020

Warming soils and nice weather in April are a welcome change after last season.

Apr 28, 2020

USDA Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered a gene that can help with resistance to the disease.

Apr 28, 2020

Stripe rust has been seen in Oklahoma and reported on Twitter in southeast Kansas.

Apr 28, 2020

Are corn plants spaced as evenly as you think they are? You could be losing bushels and money.

Apr 27, 2020

More than a quarter of the 2020 crop is now in the ground, outpacing trade guesses.

Apr 27, 2020

When risk to corn disease is high, a timely application of the right fungicide can protect as much as 80 to 90 bushels per acre.