Corn prices have settled into a relatively narrow trading range, with December 2009 futures trading between $3.20 and $3.50 per no-till bushel over the past 3 weeks. The relatively low price level reflects the anticipation of a large harvest in 2009, says Darrel Good, University of Illinois economist.

Innovative farmers who provide their communities environmental benefits and who operate profitable farms will host a conservation tour in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia on Aug. 3

If a no-till cropping system provided the highest yields and greatest net profit, what tillage system would you use?

Dan Zinkand, managing editor of No-Till Farmer and Conservation Tillage Guide, has won a first place award in the North American Agricultural Journalists Association (NAAJ) 2010 contest for a column he wrote in The ByLine.

In addition to wet fields and localized flooding, this winter's record snow cover is likely to contribute to abundant winter annual weed infestations in no-till fields.

Ohio State University researchers have found that the surface makeup of a plant’s leaves – hairy or waxy or varying degrees of both – plays a huge role in the effectiveness of liquid applications.