Uniform, rapid emergence is the foundation of high-yielding corn. Corn plants that emerge at different times compete unevenly for light, water and nutrients. Soil temperature, soil moisture, ...

Learn how careful monitoring of your corn crop in reproductive growth stages can help protect yield potential.

Join high-yield champs David Hula and Randy Dowdy for their podcast, Breaking Barriers With R&D, for a lively discussion on growing high-yielding, profitable corn crops. With corn prices sitting in ...

Corn over wheat. Like most of the Midwest, Iowa was settled by farmers moving west, growing what they knew best — until they ...

March is upon us, and in a matter of weeks, the 2026 planting season will begin. Looking back to 2025, there are lessons we can learn as we move forward to the new crop year. From planting date and ...

May corn (ZCK26) futures on Friday rose 7 cents to $4.60 1/2, hit a nearly four-month high, and for the week were up 12 cents. May soybean (ZSK26) futures rose 21 1/2 cents to $12.00 3/4, hit a ...

Corn is frost-sensitive, so spring planting is ideal.

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what's now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, ...

As planting dates get closer, particularly for corn and soybean farmers, they have much to weigh in 2026, Ken Eriksen writes.

INDIANA, USA — It is corn sweat season across Indiana and the rest of the Corn Belt. The peak season for this higher humidity around corn fields will last the next few weeks. This accounts for the ...

The 2025 growing season is presenting challenges with precipitation levels significantly below both last year’s levels and the norm. This sustained dryness is impacting major corn- and soybean-growing ...

The outlook for U.S. and global corn and soybean crops in 2025 is generally positive, with strong vegetation health in corn-growing regions and stable conditions for soybeans globally. The record-high ...