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ROB JONES, JENNIFER LUTES, MALLORY RAHE AND KENTHA CHANNALAH COLUMBIA, MISSOURI Across Missouri, farm families are navigating a complicated economic landscape. Margins are tight. Input costs remain elevated. Commodity markets fluctuate. Expanding acreage is expensive, and adding scale is not always realistic....

BRENT BEAN LUBBOCK, TEXAS Decreasing availability of irrigation water in the Southern High Plains and western U.S. has led dairies and feedyards to increasingly look to sorghum to meet their silage needs. Silage sorghum hybrids have come a long way since...

DR. GIOVANI PREZA FONTES, FEDERICO ROLLE AND DR. JOHN JONES URBANA, ILLINOIS Recent dust storm events in central Illinois and across the Midwest have renewed attention on soil conservation, especially after the tragic May 2023 event near Springfield that caused an...

DR. CHARLEY MARTINEZ KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE This week brought some much welcomed weather across Tennessee. Prices surged in corn and soybean spot prices and across the boards for both commodities. Given where the boards are for November soybeans and December corn, I...

JUSTIN CALHOUN BATON ROUGE, MISSISSIPPI After taking a year off, the soybean “short list” is back. Below are the 2026 Soybean Variety Suggestions developed through Mississippi State University variety testing programs. To build this list, we use harvest data from both the...

DR. CHARLEY MARTINEZ KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE This week, spot prices in the soybean market have continued to rally. I spent the second half of the week at the USDA World Ag Outlook and notable takeaways for me was the projection for farm...

DR. CHARLEY MARTINEZ KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE This week brought some much welcomed price swings in all commodities. Most notable of the price swings was in the soybean market. The futures board continued another increase this week in prices, but the spot market...

DR. CHARLEY MARTINEZ KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE This week brought some much welcomed weather across Tennessee. Prices surged in corn and soybean spot prices and across the boards for both commodities. Given where the boards are for November soybeans and December corn, I...

DR. GIOVANI PREZA FONTES URBANA, ILLINOIS There is a growing interest in wheat/soybean double-cropping systems in Illinois, extending into parts of central Illinois where wheat acreage has been limited in recent decades. USDA-NASS survey estimates that 60-80% of Illinois wheat acres...

Several farms with outstanding production practices and more ideal weather conditions were honored for their top yields and grain quality at the Kentucky Commodity Conference in Bowling Green on Jan. 15. The various contests are administered by faculty of the University of...

DR. JUSTIN CALHOUN / MISSISSIPPI STATE, MISSISSIPPI With all the other things going on during the 2025 soybean season, we also received a lot of calls and questions about iron deficiency chlorosis (IDC). If you’re not familiar, IDC occurs in...

A delegation of Missouri soybean farmers and industry representatives recently traveled to Mexico and Panama to strengthen trade relationships, engage with agricultural leaders, and explore new market opportunities for Missouri-grown soybeans. The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council organized the trade mission...

⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station With an increasing frequency and intensity of flooding events and an eye to capitalize on a common rice production technique, soybean breeders are on a quest...

⋅ BY DAVID MOSELEY, BOYD PADGETT, AND TREY PRICE ⋅ LSU AgCenter The LSU AgCenter conducts research that provides valuable information for Louisiana farmers. To help growers make informed decisions about variety selection and fungicide use, the LSU AgCenter conducts side-by-side...

The Impact to North Carolina and Current Research Efforts ⋅ BY ANDREA GIBBS ⋅ Hyde County is located in the Tidewater region of North Carolina in an area referred to as the Blacklands. This area is known for its rich, dark,...