Penn State researchers discover flavonoids make corn earworm larvae sick. New herbicides and a bioinsecticide show promise.

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop’s most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is ...

USDA says Texas farmers have 59% of their crop in the ground, identical to 2024. One key difference from last year: Illinois has yet to register any discernible corn planting progress, according to ...

Scientists study a natural fungus that may help eradicate the armyworm pest, which has spread to 80 countries and destroys ...

A livestock economist says the expected shift to more corn acres is good news for cattle producers. Josh Maples is with Mississippi State University. “Corn, of course, as a primary input for the ...

An ag economist says he doesn’t expect farmers in the Eastern Corn Belt to shift their planting intentions following the ...

This study develops the beet (Beta vulgaris) rust (Uromyces beticola) system to explore how crop pathogens evolve to evade resistance using a wild reservoir. We test predictions that crop selection ...

More corn is expected to go into the ground in 2025, and to get the highest yields requires some careful execution, according to Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter.

A new nitrogen management product for corn growers is being launched by Pivot Bio called PROVEN® G3. “We’ll be launching that commercially in 2026, pending State registrations,” says Rick Myroup, Seni ...