The rate of field drydown of corn grain and the resulting grain moisture content at harvest obviously influences growers' cost of artificially drying the grain after harvest.

Glyphosate herbicide was found in significant levels in Mississippi as part of a U.S. Geological Survey Office (USGS) project, and the findings have been submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency to be used as part of the agency's evaluation of the registration of glyphosate.

Beginning this fall, a coalition of stakeholders in agriculture will ramp up their promotion of responsible nutrient-management practices including no-till, cover crops and precision technology on farms in several endangered Illinois watersheds.

Topics at the KV Mud Creek Field Day September 13, near Stockton, Iowa, will include micronutrients, plant tissue analysis and foliar feeding benefits.

The list of herbicide active ingredients available for pre-harvest applications in corn or soybeans is relatively short, says University of Illinois Extension weed specialist Aaron Hager.

In years with late-season stress, leaf senescence often progresses from both the bottom and the top of the plant, with green leaves remaining in the middle of the plants for some time until complete leaf senescence occurs.

One of the more common questions that I have been asked recently is whether the corn or soybean herbicide program will pose a problem for seeding fall cover crops.

Several growers have called about fertilizer requirements for winter wheat going into former CRP land.

The primary effect of severe stress on a corn plant is a reduction in photosynthetic rates.

The remnants of Hurricane Irene that passed through last weekend caused significant wind damage to cornfields throughout southeastern Pennsylvania.