Crop Protection

Learn about the latest crop protection products and application methods to protect your crops. This section includes information about herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides.

5 tips to prevent the spread of weeds at harvest

Scouting for new introductions of palmer amaranth and waterhemp or weed escapes in soybean and corn prior to harvest is necessary to slow the spread of these species.

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Use these strategies to complement herbicides for harvest weed seed control

When one more herbicide-resistant weed becomes too much to bear, chill. Herbicide-resistant weeds have been tormenting farmers for decades.

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Consider margin protection for your 2023 crops

Deadline to select a margin protection plan is September 30.

A flooded corn field during the middle of the growing season.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Low-hour John Deere 9620 RX tractors sell at auction

By Successful Farming TV Show

The hottest piece of machinery today are track tractors. Dave travels to an auction to check out prices on a pair of John Deere 9620 RX tractors.

Low-hour John Deere 9620 RX tractors sell at auction

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Farmland

5 ways the land remains

By Farmland

Land defines the shape of your farm, it is the well of fertility that produces your crops and livestock, and it is the foundation of your family’s future.

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Tools

Tools of the Year 2021: Shop Essentials

By Top Shops

We searched the latest innovations from manufacturers for a tool chest of necessities on the farm and ranch.

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Peptyde Bio targets high costs, chemical-resistant pests with new bio-fungicide platform

Tom Laurita, interim CEO of Peptyde Bio, says the company’s technology that finds and designs anti-microbial peptides for bio-fungicides could be a game-changer in combatting pests and crop disease.

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center where Peptyde Bio was created.

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Managing the uncertainty of ’23 crop margins

A margin protection insurance policy might be a good fit for your operation.

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Corteva Agriscience announces U.S. EPA registration of Resicore XL herbicide

Resicore XL herbicide is a pre-plant, pre- and post-emergence corn herbicide that offers application flexibility and increased crop safety.

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How to manage the $1.5 billion soybean cyst nematode problem

With a rapid life cycle and estimated annual $1.5 billion yield loss potential, soybean cyst nematode has consistently been rated the most damaging soybean pathogen in North America.

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Maverick corn herbicide earns EPA registration

Maverick herbicide equips growers with three effective modes of action for long-lasting, broad-spectrum control of problematic weeds.

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New advances for Enlist traits in corn and soybeans

Corteva announces new advancements for above-ground pest control products in corn and large-scale availability of A-Series Enlist E3 soybeans for 2023.

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Dairy Business Builder grant applications now open to dairy farmers in 11 states

Evening Edition | Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Harvest finally begins in the last 3 corn growing states

‘Very high’ crop fire danger for northwest Iowa

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