UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI EXTENSION
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
Major equipment purchases involve more ongoing costs than many realize. Whether you’re making a cash purchase or opting for financing, the ownership costs of machinery continue after the check is cashed or the final payment...
CHARLEY MARTINEZ
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
This week’s outlook points to largely steady conditions across row crops, with a few notable shifts. In the WASDE, U.S. wheat is facing tighter supplies due to lower production and yields, pulling ending stocks down sharply from...
MARIANNE STEIN
URBANA, ILLINOIS
As climate change increases the frequency of drought, excessive rainfall, and other extreme weather events, farmers face growing uncertainty about crop production. Understanding how farmers perceive and respond to that uncertainty can help improve agricultural policy and climate...
LINDA GEIST
TUSCUMBIA, MISSOURI
Livestock producers across Missouri continue to face rising feed costs, unpredictable weather and seasonal forage shortages during the summer. A recent study led by University of Missouri Extension agronomy specialist Rudra Baral found that forage soybean shows...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
University of Missouri’s Pest Monitoring Network is reporting the first Japanese beetle captures of 2026 and calling for growers to begin scouting soybean and corn crops.
“Although trap captures are currently low, these first detections indicate that Japanese...
Soybean producers: Compete for up to $7,500 and join 100 Bushel Club – apply August 1
ARKANSAS SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
Arkansas soybean producers are invited to enter the 16th annual Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge (GFTG), a competition...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
The U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in Monsanto v. Durnell could change the way opponents of pesticides fight their battles, according to an attorney with the National Agricultural Law Center.
At the center of this fight is Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell. In 2019, John...
RYAN MCGEENEY
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
With clear skies but relatively little rain, verification program coordinators with the Cooperative Extension Service spent April working overtime to ensure verification fields were planted and ready for irrigation across the state.
Ralph Mazzanti, extension rice verification...
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS EXTENSION
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
May’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE, report is shining a biofueled ray of light as it forecasts higher average prices for soybeans and corn.
Each month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s World Agricultural Outlook...
LINDA GEIST
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI
University of Missouri Extension specialists are urging farmers, gardeners, hunters, fishermen and other outdoor enthusiasts to take precautions against ticks by treating clothing with permethrin, a highly effective repellent that both repels and kills ticks.
The reminder comes...
BRUNO PEDREIRA
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE
A year ago, I wrote in this column about the importance of correcting acidic soils to make sure our forages grow green and fast in Tennessee pastures. However, in the last few months, I have been receiving...
JAKE MCNEAL
JACKSON, TENNESSEE
Soybean replanting decisions are almost always a tough call and a subjective decision. Unseasonably warm and dry conditions throughout the late winter and up to the present have sent planting progress well above any “average” number I...
MARY HIGHTOWER
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
Dry weather at the start of the row crop growing season has sped planting of the state’s five major crops, with soybeans going in the ground at the fastest pace since 1988.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that as of...
LINDA GEIST
NOVELTY, MISSOURI
Heavy rainfall is becoming more frequent across Missouri, leaving producers dealing with saturated soils, ponded fields and flooding even before the 2026 growing season began.
Understanding how excess water affects crops – and what steps can help in...
MARY HIGHTOWER
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
While interest rates have declined from post-pandemic highs, higher input costs related to oil prices may add to farmers’ interest expense burden, said Ryan Loy, extension economist for the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture.
The Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve met March 18, voting...
