Stories about soybeans
As soon as the large mahogany door in the congressional building was opened, the farmers were greeted with hellos and handshakes. “Do you want some Indiana popcorn?” the staff in Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Pence’s office proudly asked.
As he walked to the stage to collect the Corn Advocate of the Year award, Tim Thompson looked genuinely shocked. His mouth fell open, and his eyes widened.
American Farmland Trust and ADM are launching the next season of a program that supports Illinois farmers and the environment.
Through the foresight of farmers campaigning for a sales tax exemption over two decades ago, biodiesel production in Illinois has increased fifteenfold.
The poultry and egg domestic and export markets have a major impact on corn and soybean prices received on the farm.
An unexpected reduction in old crop corn stocks thanks to increased demand surprised the market when the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.
Updated data from the recent planted acreage and grain stocks reports were plugged into the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new crop supply and demand balance sheets.
There has not been a major trait launched to manage soybean cyst nematodes in over six decades. Until now, that is.
What would you do if you had $330,000 to spend on anything you wanted? That is the amount of money his family’s medium-sized farm in southwest Iowa has lost to soybean cyst nematodes over the last 10 years, said Scott Kay.
After introducing the Nemasphere nematode resistance trait, the most groundbreaking innovation in soybean cyst nematode management in over 60 years, experts were questioned by Bryan Perry for BASF Agricultural Solutions.
Berkeley Boehne and his brother, Vaughn, raise corn, soybeans and wheat on their DeKalb County farm, where they also feed pigs and operate a custom manure application business.
For planting corn, we had three weather windows and overall the planting looks pretty good. Looking back now, we should have been planting like crazy when it was cold.
Researchers at Purdue’s Agronomy Center for Research and Education are addressing an important issue to farmers everywhere — drought tolerance.
In another hit to U.S. farmers already dealing with low grain prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service grain stocks report held no good news.
Corn and the farmers who grow it weren’t having a good day. Two U.S. Department of Agriculture reports both brought negative news for corn supplies and corn prices.
A second quarter U.S. Department of Agriculture Hogs and Pigs report held few surprises for producers and traders.
In the showdown between ground and aerial fungicide applications, planes and drones had a slight edge over ground equipment, according to research from Beck’s Hybrids.
Planting 2024 was nowhere near as smooth as we had hoped for once fields were fertilized with preparations for spring planting.
Clay Geyer, former From the Fields columnist, is back this year to share updates from his farm in northern Indiana.
The Illinois Soybean Association is observing its diamond anniversary with events throughout the year.
Aaron Rients wears a lot of different hats — farmer, seed dealer, board member and field trialist, among others.
We just started to spray with the corn at V5, V6. It’s 65, 70 degrees now and calm. So, it’s a good day for application. We hope to get that done in three days.
Hoosier farmer Jim Douglas is representing American farmers everywhere as the face of an advertisement campaign for soybeans in South Korea.
The Stars Over Illinois announcement of the top four FFA members in the state was just one of numerous highlights of the 96th Illinois FFA State Convention held in the state’s capital city.
Brazil has hundreds of millions of cows, but one in particular is extraordinary. Her massive, snow-white body is watched over by security cameras and an armed guard.
Only small changes were made in the primary crop balance sheets released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The clothes we wore, like the crops we worked, marked the seasons on the dairy farm of my youth. Coveralls, for example, suggested winter while, ahem, “cover little” meant the hot, steamy southern Illinois summer.
In the southwest toe of Indiana, 25 miles north of the Ohio River and 12 miles east of the Wabash, the Seib family farm continues its legacy.
In spite of fluctuations in commodity prices, farmland values remain steady, said Howard Halderman, president of the Halderman Farm Management and Real Estate Services, during a webinar.
The Illinois Soybean Association will observe its 60th anniversary with special events and commemorations throughout the year.
A statewide survey is underway by the University of Illinois to determine the extent of waterhemp resistance to Group 15 herbicides.
The extensive KWS Cereals wheat breeding program was featured during its open house.
More than 100 graduates of the Soybean Oil Masters program toured Indiana farms, agribusinesses and other destinations.
Eric Miller grows more than corn, full-season and double-crop soybeans and wheat on his Piatt County farm.
We are having flashbacks to 2019 in our immediate area. We have a weather station out here and we had about 6.25 inches of rain in April.
Exceptional projects of FFA members from across the state will be highlighted during the 96th annual Illinois FFA State Convention, set for June 11-13.
Five district winners for the Star in Agribusiness award will be honored on the stage of the Illinois FFA State Convention.
The Star in Agriscience award will be presented during the Stars Over Illinois ceremony on Wednesday, June 12.
The Illinois winter wheat crop may not top the 2023 record average state yield — but it won’t be far from that, as the recent Illinois Wheat Association yield tour showed.
Agricultural reports across Federal Reserve Districts in the Corn Belt were mixed, as drought conditions eased in some districts, but farm finances and incomes remained a concern.
Steve McNally dug into the soil to reveal a freshly planted corn seed. “Soil conditions are real good. I plant about two inches deep and there’s very nice moisture down there,” he said.
The rising demand for higher biodiesel blends and success stories among Midwest fleets were the topics of a recent Clean Fuels Alliance America podcast.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct the Soybean Request for Referendum through May 31 in county Farm Service Agency offices.
Bayer CropScience submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a new product containing dicamba herbicide that would remove an over-the-top application in soybeans.
Construction on a new GSI grain system is complete and the final touches are being made on a farm in Putnam County in west-central Indiana.
Indiana corn and soybean basis levels continue to improve this spring, according to Nathanael Thompson, associate professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University.
Slightly bullish corn numbers and somewhat bearish soybean data were featured in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply and demand estimates report.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provided a first look at the new crop balance sheets in its domestic and global supply and demand estimates report.
Heavy rains that have hit portions of Illinois and Indiana raise concerns over the survivability of corn that’s already planted and other issues that go along with a wet spring.
Planting corn, soybeans, test plots and spraying pre-emerge herbicides had the members of the Rahn family moving through their fields in Carroll County toward the end of April.