On August 10th, the USDA released its first estimates of 2012 corn and soybean yields on a state level, and as one would expect, many states are projected to have poor yields.

If your crops have been burned by the drought, I know it’s hard to think about much else right now. But maybe I can offer you a brief diversion.

The grains sector needs to lose its attachment to tillage if it wants to continue to feed the world according to the founder of a leading Argentinian no-till farming organization.

The forecast U.S. corn yield is reduced 22.6 bushels per acre to 123.4 bushels as extreme heat and dryness continued, and in many areas worsened, during July across the Plains and Corn Belt.

Farm production expenditures reached a record-high $318.7 billion in 2011, a 10.2 percent increase over 2010, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2011 summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

The has developed a national campaign to educate the public about the positive impact Soil Health Management Systems can have on both productivity and conservation.

Beck's Hybrids is pleased to announce a site purchase in Henderson, Kentucky, Beck's first permanent location in Kentucky.

An online tool for calculating insurance payments from COMBO products is available, as is the 2012 Crop Insurance Decision Tool, which is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet available for download.

In part #2 of this 3 part webinar series on gypsum, learn how gypsum impacts soil-quality problems like slow water infiltration, ponding, erosion, poor rooting, plus crop yield. [To view any of our webinar replays, you must be logged in with a free user account.]