Iowa farmer Seth Watkins is blazing the trail with a new conservation practice to reduce soil loss and improve water quality: seeding strips of native prairie into cropland on his farm.

Steve Cubbage, owner of Prime Meridian, a precision farming data management company in Nevada, Mo., introduces MyAgCentral, a central platform for precision ag teams to collect data, control their information and communicate with each other to help improve performance and profitability for everyone.

Farmers receive secure management of and easy access to an array of data-driven agronomic tools including Climate Pro by inField a new decision-support offering.

Recent early mornings with temperatures hovering in the upper 40s F and afternoon highs less than 80 F are certainly not synonymous with those we typically experience during these dog days of summer.

One way we can reduce spray drift is through using low-drift nozzles. Low drift nozzles work, they reduce the number of drift-prone droplets significantly.

New technology developed by The University of Nottingham enables crops to take nitrogen from the air rather than expensive and environmentally damaging fertilizers.

No-tillers considering a fungicide as a rescue application on lodged corn should save their money, according to university specialists.

While Goss's wilt wasn't a significant problem in 2012, more intense storm systems this year could cause it to emerge as a problem for corn growers as the disease continues its movement eastward from the Great Plains.

The Mid-Atlantic region is about to get to know another invasive stink bug species, the kudzu bug

Soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV) was first confirmed in Iowa last season. Last year we did not see SVNV until August. This past week we identified SVNV in several locations in Iowa. It is not known yet if earlier symptoms may increase chances of yield loss.