Recent extreme winter conditions in major wheat-producing states re-affirm the need for a 2018 Farm Bill and strong federal crop insurance program. According to Radiant Solutions, a data collection and analysis company based in Herndon, Virginia, “solid snow cover in the northern Plains and Midwest gave wheat fields enough protection from the bitter cold conditions, […]

Winter equipment maintenance season is upon us and that means checking your tires. Inflation pressure is especially important to monitor as a 10 degree drop in temp can reduce pressure by 1- 2 PSI. We had the opportunity to visit with Brad Harris, Manager of Global Agricultural Field Engineering for Firestone Ag at the National […]

The Missouri DOT is gearing up for winter and treating icy roadways with a new product that contains corn.

Get out and scout those early-planted soybeans fields … there could more pests this year. After higher than average temperatures this past winter,  affected much of the nation, especially the South and Midwest, Syngenta agronomists and university entomologists are warning growers of expected heavy insect pressure this season. Dr. Gus Lorenz, extension entomologist with the […]