Ken Ferrie and team are helping farmers focus on farming in the environmental triangle during the in-person 2021 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College event this week.
Northern corn leaf blight (NCLB) is of particular concern this season. Ken Ferrie says if farmers see “any hint of it” to contact their retailer to see how quickly they might be able to treat.
As Southern Farmers Fight Fall Armyworm Damage, EPA Grants Insecticide Relief in Rice
As grasshoppers invade drought-stricken fields in North Dakota and Montana, in the South, heavy rains and flooding in late May and early June are causing a different issue, an army of fall armyworms that are demolishing crops.
Dollar Resumes Downtrend After Worst Week Since May
The dollar lurched lower on Monday, back towards the one-month lows hit last week when it became clear the Fed was in no hurry to tighten policy and policymakers broadly shared Chairman Jerome Powell's view that rate rises were "a ways away".
