November 10, 2025

As corn farmers think about how to successfully control troublesome weeds like waterhemp, Corteva Agriscience Market Development Specialist, Ron Geis, says residual herbicides can play a critical role. He tells Brownfield that residual herbicides keep weeds from emerging and going to seed, plus they take pressure off postemergence applications.   Learn more about the Enlist weed […] The post Keeping Weeds Down: Residual Herbicides Take Pressure Off Postemergence Spraying appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Dekalb / Asgrow agronomist says the late-season drought continues to have an impact. “It is scary dry.” Lance Tarochione, who covers western Illinois, says many farmers are still waiting for rain. “In some cases, it’s actually so dry people are not doing some tillage just because the ground is so hard and they’re wearing […] The post ‘Scary dry’ conditions limiting fall tillage in western Illinois appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Many corn farmers are seeing large yield swings this harvest. Dalton Webster, an agronomic service representative with Syngenta, says weather and disease pressure were major factors in eastern Iowa. “Absolutely huge differences, sometimes from one farm to the next or even within a field. Just crazy big variabilities.” He tells Brownfield growers who applied fungicide […] The post Eastern Iowa corn yields swing widely amid weather and disease pressures appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza in Allegan County. The state says the commercial flock is the county’s second this fall, and first to affect a commercial producer. There have been seven confirmed flocks this migration season in Michigan, with the rest reported in the neighboring county. […] The post HPAI hits Allegan County commercial flock appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Seven new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been confirmed in LaGrange County, Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says the latest cases have been detected on four commercial breeder duck operations, two commercial meat duck operations, and a commercial egg layer facility. More than 49,000 birds have been depopulated.  A 6.2-mile […] The post Seven new cases of HPAI confirmed in LaGrange County, Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story