Need to evaluate own practices
Nate Prater, agronomy service representative, and Doug Kirkbride, product development agronomy manager, were each asked what they learned from this growing season.
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Kernel weight, diseases may impact corn numbers
Weekly rains from tasseling forward created a smorgasbord-type environment for crop diseases now showing up at harvest.
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FFA Greenhands gain firsthand experiences
At roll call, the names of about 30 Southern Illinois high schools were read off Sept. 20 for the FFA Greenhand Conference at Southern Illinois University.
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Southern Illinois 4th-graders learn valuable lessons
While one fourth-grade student found himself stretched out on a backboard, another pointed out the power shaft on a tractor and others looked at poisonous copperhead snakes inside cages.
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Diplodia ear mold pops up in cornfields

Monday, September 26, 2016 5:00 PM

In the past couple of weeks, symptoms of ear mold have popped up at the Northwestern Illinois Ag R&D Center.

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Brewing industry offers revenue stream for farmers

Monday, September 26, 2016 3:00 PM

In today’s day and age, the agriculture industry and the careers available in it are vast and widespread. This includes an Indiana craft beer brewing industry that brings in more than $1 billion annually.

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New Hefty Seeds dealership opens

Monday, September 26, 2016 1:00 PM

As a farmer himself, Matt Denton knows that at harvest time farmers can count on meals in the fields, regardless of what time the clock says. But information is another matter.

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Seed company owner shares tips on farming, management – and lawn care

Monday, September 26, 2016 11:00 AM

What won’t surprise anyone is that Brian and Darren Hefty of the Hefty Seed Co. also are successful farmers. Or that they are continuing in the farming footsteps of their father and grandfather.

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U of I vet med open house Oct. 2

Monday, September 26, 2016 9:00 AM

More than 350 veterinary students will host a behind-the-scenes look at the state’s only veterinary college from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 2.

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Rural Voices

Harvest: please keep safe out there

Harvest can be mentally and physically taxing every year, but during a time of low commodity prices, stress levels are on the rise making farmers more vulnerable to farm accidents.
Tropical weather spawns ongoing disease issues

SPONSORED: When the weather turns tropical in Illinois, corn diseases that love heat and humidity take over.
Large U.S. corn, soy production prospects

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently released the September Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports. Market participants were mostly anticipating the new forecasts of the size of the 2016 U.S. corn and soybean crops.
Leaf diseases show up late in Indiana corn crop

SPONSORED: Leaf diseases in the Indiana corn crop took a while to show up, but the good news is that their late arrival should do little damage to the crop, said Kiersten Wise, associate professor of botany and plant pathology at Purdue University.
Rural America sees economic renewal

We know when rural communities do well, America does well. Rural America provides us with the food we eat, the water we drink and the energy we use, not to mention a disproportionate percentage the military that keeps us safe from threat.

Field Editor Blogs

Be patient our you’ll be a patient

I highly doubt that what I’m about to write will be read by the folks that it’s aimed at because they’re clueless about agriculture, but here goes. Harvest is in high gear, and motorists need to be alert and be patient — or you will be a patient.
Reaching noteworthy milestones

No matter what the occasion is or what is being celebrated, whether it is graduating college or learning to ride a bicycle without training wheels, a milestone of any kind is something that deserves fanfare of some kind.
What will ag mergers mean to farmers?

Several years ago while attending Beck’s first field day at its Central Illinois Practice Research Farm near Downs, I received a poster that broke down which company owns various seed products. There were many that I was aware of, but also some surprises.
Thanks to our four-footed friends

It may sound crazy, but my cat can tell when I’m sick or sad. It’s true. If, at the end of a long day, I face plant into the couch and sigh, my 1-year-old cat Stella will be at my side. Or on top of me. Poking me with her paws or curled up in a ball to keep me warm.
Test your Illinois county knowledge

One of my favorite Ag in the Classroom exercises involves a county map of Illinois and a fun series of questions that will challenge anyone’s knowledge of our 102 counties.

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Weather delays work on $25 million grain elevator

Meteorologist: Rough fall, winter ahead

New FFA adviser returns to profession

Continue to expect record crops, tight storage

Keeping in touch with Purdue’s ag alumni

Weather delays work on $25 million grain elevator