On Tuesday, the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released its June Baseline Update for U.S. Agricultural Markets. The update incorporates government payment programs that were announced before June 1, 2020 and analyzes some of the market impacts of those programs. After outlining important assumptions, the FAPRI report included key outcomes relating to government […]
Corn ear abnormalities have been noted the past few years. Tracing back the information on various field calls often pointed to a misunderstanding of proper growth stages when making post-emergence herbicide applications in addition to pre-tassel fungicide and insecticide applications. Please see Figures 1 and 2 and this article for more information on proper growth staging […]
Late last week, Wall Street Journal writer Jesse Newman reported that, “Bayer AG was dealt a setback in its efforts to provide farmers with new weapons against hard-to-kill weeds, after a federal appeals court vacated the Trump administration’s approval of a controversial weedkiller made by the agribusiness giant. “The U.S. Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Wednesday that […]