ILLINOIS – If you’ve driven around Illinois, there’s a strong chance you’ve noticed corn fields along your commutes. New ...

The Illinois 2021 corn harvest is ramping up across the state, while soybean harvest is just beginning. Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist and owner of Crop-Tech Consulting, Heyworth ...

A board member with the American Soybean Association says many farmers likely have decisions still to make on some of their ...

“Trying to pick up downed corn will only lower farmers’ insurance checks, destroy combines and drive up drying costs,” says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. Because corn went down ...

In most fields, corn residue remaining after grain harvest is incorporated into the soil with tillage or is left on the soil surface. But corn residue is also becoming a commodity. It’s ...

A recent study from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air during early corn growth, which may ...