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*This is the eighth article in our 2025 Southwest Economic Outlook series. Oklahoma State University and OSU Extension Service, and Texas A&M University and TAMU AgriLife Extension Service economists ...

Basing which diseases to watch in 2025 on what happened in 2024 is far from foolproof. Any of the three key factors — susceptible host, favorable environment and pest inoculum — can change ...

Fertilizer prices are expected to remain high in 2022. Farmers will be doing all they can to make sure they don’t apply more fertilizer than needed to make yield. This summer, the Agronomic Division ...

What if you could grow corn, drive a truck powered by ethanol and fly a plane with corn-based fuel? For Maple Park, Ill., farmer and FedEx pilot Chris Gould, that could actually happen. “It would be ...

There are still a few old hay loaders out there from the days of loose hay being stuffed in barns. Larry Shurr, Valparaiso, Ind., has an Easyway Hay Loader made by the Sandwich Co., Sandwich, Ill., in ...

The formula for profit on corn or soybeans sounds simple: Yield times price minus cost. But plans made in winter and reality at harvest can result in something completely different. All three ...

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 ...

In recent conversations with producers, many questions have emerged about varying aspects of grain marketing and current grain prices. All these questions are top of mind for producers and the overall ...

U.S. producers can expect 2023’s high-cost input environment to linger in 2024, according to Mark Welch, professor and Extension economist--grain marketing, Texas A&M AgriLife, College Station. “It’s ...

What has a farmer and ag professor learned about cover crops and weed control? Pete Fandel has used cover crops on all his fields at his Metamora, Ill., farm for eight years. He teaches ag — and cover ...