As someone who is passionate about crop protection and enjoys helping growers make the best decisions for their operations, Logan Dinkla has found the ideal job. Dinkla is an agronomic service representative for Syngenta Crop Protection. His territory includes parts of central, south central, and southwest Iowa. He’s also a…

A bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the shortage of rural veterinary services has been introduced in Congress. The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act would exempt student loan repayments from taxable income for veterinarians working in underserved areas, similar to an existing provision for physicians. The goal is to encourage more veterinarians…

A little past 9 a.m. CT, May corn was up 4¾¢ at $4.62 per bushel. May soybeans were up 10¢ at $10.24¾ per bushel. May wheat contracts were also higher. CBOT wheat was up 3¢ at $5.40 per bushel. KC wheat was up 1¾¢ at $5.58¾. Minneapolis wheat was up…

By Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson In the Farmdoc Daily of March 3, 2025, we documented the importance of the 1991 farm bill policy decision to give U.S. farmers the freedom to make planting decisions less constrained by government commodity programs. That article focused on corn, soybeans, and wheat, the…

No nice weather ever goes unpunished in our neck of the woods. We had a fabulously clement March, with nearly no snow and temperatures that were generally agreed to be “not too bad.” We didn’t receive any snow during our state high school basketball tournaments. These events are usually guaranteed…

What state does USDA expect to plant the most acres of corn this year? The agency answered that and many other questions with the release of the 2025 Prospective Plantings report on March 31. Across the country, U.S. farmers are expected to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2025,…