A new study found that the most widely used trait to combat SCN, PI 88788, continues to lose its effectiveness. Better management and vigilance are needed to safeguard native SCN resistant traits. However, a new transgenic trait is on the horizon to combat the No. 1 yield robbing soybean pest.
Of all the potential changes to corn's future architecture, none looms larger than its height. Shorter hybrids offer new advantages compared to colossal cousins.
North Dakota farmer Cody Peterson is challenging a U.S. Fish and Wildlife wetlands map he says restricts drainage, hurts yields and threatens farm profitability.