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More consumers buying organic, but US farmers still wary
October 13, 2022
CHURDAN, Iowa (AP) — In the 1970s when George Naylor said he wanted to grow organic crops, the idea didn’t go over well. Back then organic crops were an oddity, destined for health food stores or maybe a few farmers markets. “I told my dad I wanted to be an organic farmer and he goes, […]
Be wary of black cutworms after late planting
June 22, 2022
WESTFIELD, Ind. — A wet spring for some areas of the Corn Belt delayed tillage, planting and herbicide applications, setting the stage for heavy black cutworm pressure. Brian Weihmeir, an LG Seeds agronomist in south-central Illinois, started fielding calls about the tell-tale snipped plants around Memorial Day. “It was something we were keeping an eye […]