Crop Topics

Watching producers adopt new technology and seeing significant yield gains have kept longtime cotton entomologist Ron Smith from getting bored, but the most rewarding part of his job, has been the people. 

Research shows potential resistance for rice stink bug for commonly used insecticide, Warrior II.

Illinois farmer Brett Mathews is fencing his cover crops and hopes to attract custom livestock grazing, with help from a new grazing exchange.

Purdue University and startup company Gryfn partner to build market-ready technology for crop researchers.

Research on insecticide efficacy for tarnished plant bug shows which insecticides performed consistently better than others tested.

Mattoon, Ill., farmer Andy Dole sees a clear return on investment with planting soybeans ahead of corn. He will continue the practice in 2021.

Growing soybean varieties with a source of SCN resistance other than PI 88788 can increase yields as a result of better nematode control.

Dry weather conditions helped keep harvest timely, so crops could be put in bins and storage.

Cover crops can help prevent soil from blowing after summer crops are harvested.