The positives of planting cover crops include supporting the local environment and making crops more productive and climate-resilient. Thanks to cover crops, no-till and crop rotation, Willott says his farm still had a fairly good harvest despite this year’s drought, extreme heat and flooding.

Researchers have identified a waterhemp population in Missouri that is resistant to a record-breaking six herbicide mechanisms of action, says the Weed Science Society of America.

Tim Reinbott, a plant scientist with the University of Missouri, discusses the different crimping dates prior to no-till planting corn into rye and hairy vetch.

Tim Reinbott, a plant scientist with the University of Missouri, discusses the benefits of no-till planting corn into green hairy vetch.

Fall soil sampling may be the key to spring crop management decisions. Here are 5 reasons why it can make sense.

You would have to live under a rock to not have heard about farmers’ issues with dicamba this growing season. Arkansas banned the pesticide, Missouri temporarily banned and then changed the label, and complaints are skyrocketing in Indiana and Illinois.

Downy brome is most problematic in winter wheat fields and pastures, and, as of 2000, had infested over 98 million acres of U.S. rangeland.

When rain pushes back harvest of corn and soybean, it also means that wheat planting faces delays.

A team at the University of Missouri and USDA-ARS used yield data from more than 400 corn fields in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Indiana to compare county soil maps with Environmental Response Unit (ERU) maps developed in collaboration with DuPont Pioneer.

The USDA is projecting record yields for 2014 corn and soybean. Even if late-season stress or disease decreases yields slightly, farmers will have some hard decisions to make on where and how to store or transport their crops. University of Extension has a team of experts working on collecting information that will benefit farmers making temporary grain storage decisions.