Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) was first discovered in the United States in 1954. Today, the pest costs soybean farmers an estimated $1.5 billion a year in yield losses. Tracking the spread of this pest ...

When soybean plants survive attacks from insects and periods of drought, they remember. While plants don't remember in the way animals do, research out of the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station ...

In efforts to better understand how soybean plants capture and use light, researchers at the University of Illinois ...

When U.S. farmers depend heavily on a single foreign buyer, U.S. trade policy stops being sovereign—and starts being hostage. No country has exploited that vulnerability more than China, and no crop ...

Successful spring gardening starts long before the plants go into the ground. In east Idaho, gardeners commonly work with ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs registration division is working “feverishly” on new labels for over-the-top application of dicamba on ...

A research team led by La Trobe University has developed a single-use test strip that could ultimately change how diseases like cancer are diagnosed. The research used enzymes to boost an electrical ...

Hack of the day: Learn simple, effective at-home tests to identify fake or adulterated milk in India without lab equipment.

Many Iowa farmers can expect to pay slightly more to plant, maintain and harvest a crop in the year ahead, according to a new report from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Ann Johanns, an ...

Base acreage for corn is expected to increase by 18%, or about 16.8 million acres, under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, according to new Congressional Budget Office estimates. Soybean acreage, ...

August was one of the driest in history for some areas of the U.S. — like Ohio and Indiana. The onset of flash drought may have trimmed yield potential for both corn and soybeans, and it could also ...

Before the 2025 growing season, Kevin Kalb had tried more than 30 biological products. And he had all but written off the entire product category.