What’s the best way to manage corn sales in the market, and what long-term projections will impact corn price over the next 10 years? Click here for the full article.

ISU EXTENSION PLANT PATHOLOGISTS TESTED SEVERAL FOLIAR FUNGICIDES ON CORN TO TO HELP FARMERS DETERMINE IF FOLIAR FUNGICIDES SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THEIR PRODUCTION. Click here for the full report

  Kevin Van Trump believes there is more room for Corn to run in this market.  Check out the full article for his thoughts.

  If you had to put a list of the top 10 things that are influencing Rural America, what would be on that list?  Possibly politics, the economy, grain prices, technology…  Each of those and even a few more are covered in this article.

  2018  promises to bring new challenges and new successes, as every year does.  From an agricultural standpoint, which stores should you keep your eye on in 2018.  Those key stories are discussed here.

  We have all heard of wearables, such as Apple Watches, but how about wearables for corn plans?  Yea…it is possible now.  Check out the next step in corn technology.

  If you were to take a ballpark guess at the cost to start out as a new farmer, what would you guess? $100,000? $500,000? $1,000,000? EVEN $5,000,000? Check out this article for an educated assumption.

Have you applied your fall fertilizer yet?  If not, you may want to follow these best practices. As they mention, “Late fall can present challenges when it comes to fertilizer application. Poor timing of fall fertilizer applications can cause the risk of nutrient loss through runoff.”. Full Article

Producers continue working on fall tillage and completing harvest activities across the state. There were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending November 26. Statewide, the average temperature was 40 degrees, 1.2 degrees above normal. Precipitation averaged 0.0 inches, 0.76 inches below normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated at 10 percent short, 83 […]

Harvest is largely complete throughout the state with wet weather delaying fall tillage and anhydrous ammonia application. There were 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending November 19. Statewide, the average temperature was 39.9 degrees, 2.3 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 1.17 inches, 0.46 inches above normal. Topsoil moisture supply was rated at […]