An MSU timing study on post-emergent weed control in corn showed that 95 percent of weed control or better can be achieved when weeds are 9 inches tall, but yields were reduced 25 bushels per acre.

In a first for Australia, synthetic caffeine is being trialed as a way to kill snails that are invading crops, particularly in South Australia and Victoria.

Increased demand for cover crop seed can be an opportunity for farmers looking to diversify their farming enterprises.

Bruce Scherr, CEO of Informa Economics, reviewed the historical trends in corn prices and looked at how changing global demographics are shifting the agricultural commodity market paradigm.

Grain prices moved higher this year and the costs of growing them are likely to do the same in the year ahead, according to Purdue University estimates.

Farmers are starting to overcome some misperceptions about cover crops, which include the myths that they cost too much and aren't profitable, an Ohio State University Extension educator says

Derek and Grant Klingenberg are college graduates and likely could find an easier life and good-paying jobs in the business world. However, they both have come back to the family farm at Peabody, Kan., and have kept it going with the help of no-till.