Egg-laying is underway — don’t wait to scout for western bean cutworm in cornfields, especially those without VIP3A protection. (Julie Peterson | Nebraska Extension)

Western bean cutworm being monitored

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

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)

an agricultural irrigation system on sunny summer day. An aerial view of a center pivot sprinkler system. (Photo courtesy of AdobeStock.)

How much can precision ag tech help with water crisis?

An irrigated corn crop during the 2024 growing season in southwest Kansas. (Journal photo by Dave Bergmeier.)

Water precious with supply implications

(Journal stock photo.)

Wheat industry needs U.S. Grain Standards Act

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

Late-summer insect update: Fall armyworms

Hay bales (U of A System Division of Agriculture courtesy photo by Dirk Philipp.)

Spring bumper hay crop followed by dry fall in Arkansas

  • By Mary Hightower │ U of A System Division of Agriculture