Corn rootworm damage often goes unnoticed until it is too late. Know your pest pressure and protect your yield potential, advises Jim Henry.

In the first half of the growing season, the crops in Brad Zimmerman’s locale faced dry conditions early on to heavy rains in June. He looks at these weather swings as an opportunity to “make lemonade out of lemons” with one of his field trials.

I’m working with this grower, Wendell Good, that I love working with here in central Illinois. His passion is wheat, whereas a lot of people don’t care to plant wheat or harvest wheat in the middle of July when it’s 100 degrees outside. He loves wheat. I do, too.

Hoosiers planted an estimated 1.58 million acres of cover crops, according to survey results from Indiana Conservation Partnership.

Local corn and soybean producers are invited to attend “Taking the Next Steps in Cover Crop Management,” an educational program focused on advancing cover crop management and decision making.

Plans are underway for the 26th annual Waterman Lions Summerfest and Antique Tractor and Truck Show, set for July 18 at Waterman Lions Park.

Application timing of a foliar fungicide treatment in corn is important for maximizing disease control and yield, advises Jim Henry.

Students from the Western Illinois University School of Agriculture earned multiple team and individual honors at the 2026 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Judging Conference.

The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology opened nominations for the 2026 CAST Lifetime Achievement Award and is also accepting applications for the 2026 CAST Science Communication Scholarship.