Dan Miller says cover crops should be managed like any other facet of the farm. “Managing a cover crop should be like managing a cash crop,” said Miller, who markets cover crop seeds in southwestern Iowa. Miller considers cover crops to be an integral investment in a...

Across the Corn Belt, cool weather lingers east of the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, the return of above-normal temperatures across the western Corn Belt favors an acceleration of corn and soybean harvest efforts, except in some of the most waterlogged fields. On the...

One of the takeaways from last week’s cattle-on-feed report is the continued higher-than-normal percentage of heifers going into feedlots. The percentage of heifers and heifer calves in feedlots on October 1st was up 11 percent from one year ago. Oklahoma State...

Direct cash cattle trade is starting the week quiet, with packers focused on the collection of new showlists.  Look for those to be mixed as we expect to see some carryover from last week in the South.  The North saw a light to moderate trade begin on Tuesday and wrap...

Wet weather has resulted in many reports of poor seed quality in soybeans. Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist Daren Mueller says most fungi like moisture to grow. “And obviously the rains provided that.  We’ve received a lot of calls on seed decay and...

An ag economist says the dairy industry is headed in the right direction for milk prices to improve next year. Mark Stephenson is the Director for the Center for Dairy Profitability at the University of Wisconsin.  “We’re moving in the right direction.  Milk...