Drought is creating a dreary outlook for Missouri farmers, but it wasn’t until mid-July that some of them realized just how bad it was. Farmers in pockets...
The USDA report suggested farmers last spring paid attention to lower fertilizer costs and higher December corn values by planting more corn. Historically, when crops are...
Hurricane-force winds swept through northern Missouri and Iowa and all the way east to Illinois and Indiana on Thursday. The derecho brought wind gusts up to...
The Federal Reserve announced its decision to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, while also signaling two more rate hikes are likely yet this year. As...
Commodity cycles bring opportunities and challenges. Just look at the charts to see how the past decade has played out for ROI in corn and soybeans....
Is a flash drought underway in the Corn Belt? Or, is what’s underway in farm country just some passing dryness? Those are questions USDA Meteorologist Brad...
If your corn and soybean crops are planted but are struggling to emerge in crusted over soils, now what do you do? Ken Ferrie says there...
The concept of vertical tillage is well-known, but what it actually entails isn’t fully understood in some corners of farm country. One important thing to note...
As May winds down, Ken Ferrie is taking a look at some important agronomic decisions farmers can make now to improve the performance of their corn,...
Of all the tiny spots in a sea of soybeans, Jim Bristle and Trent Satterthwaite hit the honey hole. Bull’s-eye. Motherlode. When the pair of Midwest...
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