Despite a challenging season for Texas rice growers due to pests and poor prices, yields have been average and conditions look good for the second crop. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Cash Bids 8-12

Fall armyworm, notice the thickest stripe is black. (Photo courtesy K-State Entomology Department.)

Late-summer insect update: Fall armyworms

Female farmer inspecting corn tassel in cultivated field. (iStock │ #1453064225 - BitsAndSplits)
Kansas State University agriculture economist Elizabeth Yeager says double-cropped soybeans increase profits, and cropping systems agronomist Kraig Roozeboom says they positively influence soil characteristics, though not to the same degree as some cover crops. (Kansas State University Research and Extension)
Windrow damage is part of this week’s Pasture and Forage newsletter from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (Photo by Shutterstock and courtesy of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.)
Bales should be removed from the field to avoid damage to existing forage and the hay itself. (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp)

Cash Bids July 4