WinField United recently added four new biological products that have earned the BioVerified designation.

With harvest complete and cover crops planted, work at Riskedal Farms is focusing on repairing machinery and deciding what changes they will make for the 2026 growing season.

The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.

Good corn yields overall and variable soybean yields with minimal insect and disease pressure were the general theme across the University of Illinois Variety Testing fields.

The Illinois Corn Growers Association announced that Laura Lant, an agronomist at Midwest Grass & Forage in Macomb, received the Mike Plumer Environmental Excellence Award at the organization’s annual meeting.

New data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture created serious doubts about whether China will really buy millions of bushels of American soybeans like the Trump administration touted last month after a high-stakes meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland urged Congress and the administration to take immediate action to reduce farm production costs and prevent additional family farm closures.

The way Beck’s Hybrids approaches its business and makes decisions is different than publicly traded companies.

Farmers have options they can implement prior to the end of the year to impact the amount of taxes they will owe for 2025.

Clay Geyer celebrated the end of another successful year on his farm in northern Indiana.

Overall, I believe the corn and soybeans did much better this year than last, but we were done planting this year before May 1.

The past few years have tested even the most seasoned farmers. Facing rising input costs, unpredictable market access and many other challenges, farmers and ranchers are working harder while margins grow thinner.

The work done at this breeding site in east-central Illinois tests and refines Xitavo® soybean seed-exclusive varieties under real growing conditions, not just lab settings.

A favorable fall weather pattern provided the Henert family the ability to complete harvest and fall fieldwork in a timely manner.

I still consider beef and lamb prices a bargain compared to most store items on most shoppers’ grocery list. And that good red meat is building health, not destroying it.

Syngenta announced Victrato seed treatment is now registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for soybeans and cotton.

We never quit trying to solve problems and figure out what could we have done better.

A new soybean seed treatment aimed at protecting the crop from its top nemeses waits registration.

An all-in-one technology platform to improve efficiency, productivity and profitability continues to expand after its initial introduction five years ago.

Once harvest is complete on Mindy Orschell’s farm, the family doesn’t slow down. They take a deep breath, then jump back in.

Kiah Twisselman Burchett describes her love for agriculture as a seed that was planted when she was very young, growing up on a cattle ranch in rural California.

Jim Henry shares some long-awaited positive trade news — a meaningful step to reestablishing a stable, long-term relationship with the world’s largest buyer of soybeans.

Two farms were honored with the inaugural Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing Stewardship Award, presented by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture and Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing.

American farmers welcomed China’s promise to buy some of their soybeans, but they cautioned this won’t solve all their problems as they continue to deal with soaring prices for fertilizer, tractors, repair parts and seeds.

Indiana agriculture took center stage as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited Everett Farms and Seed LLC in Lebanon ahead of her keynote address to the 98th National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis.

With the warm, dry conditions, harvest is almost complete at Riskedal Farms, where some corn and sunflowers remain to be picked.

An expanded soybean portfolio, new herbicide formulation and a new trait on the near horizon are flowing through the pipeline fueling the future of agriculture.

Registration is anticipated for a new cereal seed treatment package with two modes of action.

Don’t let your Halloween pumpkin haunt the landfill this November.

Soybean yields have been a record on almost every farm in our neck of the woods. Corn has been the same.

With the harvest near the finish line, corn growers turn toward their nitrogen plans for the 2026 growing season that may include a fall application.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reopen about 2,100 county offices all across the country despite the ongoing government shutdown to help farmers and ranchers get access to $3 billion of aid from existing programs.

As politicians continue to bicker and blame during the government shutdown, fields across the Midwest are a flurry of harvest activity.

This is a good place to grow soybeans — because it is a good place to breed soybeans.

The pumpkin in Tony Scott’s backyard weighs almost as much as a small car.

All was running smoothly, until it didn’t, for Ken Ropp while he was harvesting a corn field across from his dairy farm.

For over two decades, the Beck’s Practical Farm Research program has provided data-driven information to help farmers make agronomic decisions on their own farms.

I admire those older ranchers for their work ethic and their passion to care for their flock, but it is hard to duplicate that in the younger generation.

I would like to find some time for some more brush control projects, but I’m concerned that the dry weather may have rendered the target plants less receptive to absorb the chemical than would be ideal and I don’t want to waste the herbicides or the time to apply them.

Seed corn harvest is complete and soybean harvest is almost finished at the Henert farm in north-central Illinois.

AGCO aims to be the most farmer-focused company in the industry.

It is no surprise that many Illinois farmers told the Illinois Soybean Association in its annual Soybean Production Concerns survey that they want more agronomic research to maximize wheat and double-crop soybean production.

An investment in farm drainage tile can boost crop yields, reduce financial risk and ultimately increase the long-term profitability of your farm.

The Western Illinois University School of Agriculture will host the 30th annual Agricultural Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct.1 in the University Union Grand Ballroom.

Developing a livestock grazing plan during the initial design of solar projects helps to eliminate future problems.

A third-generation family seed business is gearing up for its 80th anniversary next year.

Cattle are now grazing on a field of cover crops at Riskedal Farms.

Sending the nation’s dwindling number of farmers ever-bigger federal checks isn’t a solution. It is, in fact, an admission of failure.

We’re hauling soybean screenings and splits for Consolidated Grain and Barge. They’re getting ready for fall harvest and making final preparations for that.

Illinois Soybean Association is recruiting farmers to host cover crop weed suppression trials starting this fall.