Compaction can be present in fields for a number of reasons. Normally it’s created when heavy equipment, wagons, trucks, tankers or spreaders make passes on fields when the soil is too wet to hold them. Even heavy planters, tractors or sprayers can cause compaction.

Researchers may have determined that scientists should include emissions from the crops themselves when measuring greenhouse gas emissions from cropland.

Interviews with crop researchers at American universities paint the same picture: high temperatures have already shrunken output of many crops and vegetables.

Harvest provides an opportunity for a final evaluation of your weed management program and to a lesser extent, your insect management program.

U.S. corn plantings are about half way to where they were last year at this time, and only two-thirds of the average planting progress of the past 5 years, according to the USDA’s Crop Progress report.

U.S. corn and soybean producers face multiple crop disease losses in 2011, warns a team of crop consultants and plant pathologists.