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

U.S. inflation may have cooled last month but egg prices are still stubbornly high, and there’s no immediate prospect of relief thanks to bird flu and tariffs. Consumers paid a record $6.227 per dozen ...

April 11, 2025 — Responding to President Donald Trump's 145% levies, China announced Friday that it would enact 125% retaliatory tariffs on American imports. It’s the latest salvo in a quickly ...

Colby Tucker of Hopkins FFA, Madelyn Ruster of Coopersville FFA, Grace Torsch of Montague FFA and Sterling Tomac of Chesaning FFA were recently named Michigan’s 2025 Star awardees. The awards are ...

Everyone who farms in Illinois should be aware of corn rootworms, but no one should panic. If Nick Seiter were giving a “state of the state of corn rootworms” address, that is how it would begin.

Farming in 2025 will be challenging for many row crop producers. Low commodity prices, disappointing 2024 yields, high input costs, and policy uncertainty will require crop farmers to make important ...

Cover crop use is on the rise across the U.S. However, the U.S. Census of Agriculture confirms that as of 2019, cover crops are still only grown on 6% of U.S. cropland. Jack Cornell, director of ...

Ann Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture during George W. Bush’s first term, is endorsing Kamala Harris for president. She says Donald Trump’s tariff proposals are “dangerous for rural America.” ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a lot to say about agriculture policy. According to him, Donald Trump will be listening if he makes it back to the Oval Office. In a YouTube video posted outside USDA ...

The Oct. 11 WASDE report was sort of a non-event as far as the U.S. 2024-25 balance sheet for corn was concerned. The market jumped 4 cents higher at the release but soon traded 1-2 cents lower. The ...