Buying the right seeds early for 2018 starts in fall, one of the most important is corn hybrid and soybean variety selection.

Move will strengthen and expand BASF’s Agricultural Solutions offerings.

Purdue University and Dow AgroScience discover a gene in soybeans that can provide resistance to fugal disease, Phytophthora sojae.

Corn and soybean take up relatively large amounts of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), and much of this P and K ends up in the grain that is taken off the field during harvest. In order to keep soil nutrient levels from dropping over time, the amounts removed need to be replaced by applying fertilizer or manure. In order to know how much nutrient a crop removes, we need to know how much there is in a bushel of harvested grain.

The U.S. environmental agency is considering banning sprayings of the agricultural herbicide dicamba after a set deadline next year, according to state officials advising the agency on its response to crop damage linked to the weed killer.

The 2nd generation of thistle caterpillars are causing feeding injury on soybean leaves (defoliation), mostly low or non-economic populations.