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As a grain farmer and owner of an ag trucking business, Terry Davis is feeling the pressure of volatile fuel prices from both sides. “(Fuel prices) moved so fast that they have put everything in a negative margin,” Davis told FarmWeek. A year ago, the Warren- Henderson Farm Bureau member said he paid $3.50 per gallon for diesel, and in recent months that figure rose closer to $5. “We aren’t able to absorb the cost, so the choice had to […]
Southern rust was confirmed in several Illinois cornfields in July, making it the second consecutive season the disease arrived earlier than expected. “This is starting to potentially become a trend, and we need to shift our mindset around when we’re applying fungicides to address that,” Mike Probst, technical service representative for BASF in central and southern Illinois, told FarmWeek. Southern rust does not overwinter in Illinois. In the past, it has spread northward from southern states later in the season. […]
Despite statewide planting progress being ahead of the average pace, weather and soil conditions kept many tractors on the sidelines in large portions of central and northern Illinois through mid-April. However, many finally got a chance to begin or resume fieldwork late last week. “Things are going pretty well, we’re just working the kinks out,” Michael Deppert, president of the Tazewell County Farm Bureau, told FarmWeek. Deppert received nearly 5 inches of rain on his farm the first week of […]
With plenty of summer left to go, livestock producers are reminded to monitor animals and implement management practices to reduce the risk of heat stress. “We’ve had a couple spells of some high heat and high humidity and it doesn’t take very many of those days to cause some stress on the livestock,” Dan Shike, interim head of the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Illinois told FarmWeek. Heat stress is more common during periods of high nighttime […]
BLOOMINGTON (FarmWeekNow) -- Airplanes, ground rigs, and drones can be seen across the state at this point in the season as corn and soybean crops battle weed and disease pressure. “There are a lot of variables out there right now that everybody is trying to factor in,” FarmWeek CropWatcher Jeff Guilander told the RFD Radio Network. He said they have found mild, yet widespread infestations of tar spot in Jersey County. But since he was able to plant a lot […]
SPRINGFIELD (FarmWeekNow) -- Spring is often a time to welcome new life on a livestock operation, but black vultures are disturbing the peace by attacking newborn calves, lambs, and birthing mothers. USDA Wildlife Biologist Scott Beckerman said black vultures have increased in numbers and scope over the past 30 years and milder winters have enticed populations to remain in Illinois instead of migrating further south. “Black vultures have been primarily observed south of I-70 in Illinois, although we have received […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that U.S. farmers will plant more soybean acres this crop year with less earmarked for corn and wheat. During the agency’s Agricultural Outlook Forum, USDA economist Jake Vuillemin said the three crops are expected to cover 225.5 million acres, a decrease of 2.3 million, but still above the five-year average. Wheat acres have the largest anticipated decline at 5% to 47 million acres, while corn acres are expected to decline 4% to 91 million […]
Red crown rot is expected to reappear in Illinois soybean fields this season. The disease was first confirmed in Illinois in 2018 and is an emerging issue for the top soybean producing state. Robert Bellm, a certified crop adviser with Brasse Farms Inc. in Madison County, encountered it in 2020 and continues to find it in new fields. “We don’t know if it’s actually expanding or if people are just becoming more aware of it,” he told FarmWeek. “I expect […]
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