The USDA says corn and soybean harvest is complete in Illinois. Monroe County farmer Jeremy Neff says he wrapped up a few weeks ago. “It was the quickest harvest I’ve ever seen.” He says, “It was a ...

According to a University of Illinois crop sciences researcher, there has been a great deal of interest recently in the idea of using nitrogen fertilizer during the growing season to increase ...

DAILY Bites Researchers found that variable weather conditions significantly reduce the effectiveness of key post-emergence ...

American farmers are worried that President-elect Donald Trump's sweeping tariff plans will curb their access to top soy ...

“They love soybeans.” That’s a common complaint in the region, which is in close proximity to the 250,000-acre Shawnee National Forest, the only national forest in Illinois. Much of the land ...

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties. However, the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing c ...

That’s both good and bad. Evans got most of his harvest done the week of Oct. 12 on his small Saline County farm. He grows soybeans on about 150 acres.

A few years back, a group of weed scientists showed that soil-applied herbicides are less effective against agricultural weeds in the context of our changing climate. Now, the same research group has ...

Farmers are harvesting what are among the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and their grain storage capacity.

U.S. Crop Watch producers have all but wrapped up their 2024 corn and soybean harvests, which progressed quickly amid persistent dry weather, and overall yields wound up a bit better than average.