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Allison Lynch, formerly Allison Lund, is a staff writer for Indiana Prairie Farmer.She graduated from Purdue University with a major in agricultural communications and a minor in crop science.
Wow! This week flew past at break-neck speed! Spraying continued to be a top priority this week. Our residual herbicides seem to have done a better job this year as we have made it about six weeks ...
Mike Pearson takes a look at the rising concerns over tar spot spreading westward. Tar spot is a black raised lesion caused by a fungus. Tar Spot is a black raised lesion caused by a fungus. It's been ...
Purdue researchers study link between cells and yield, genome-editing startup launches, new biofungicides to enter market, ...
Mike Pearson tells listeners what the USDA's WASDE and Brazil's CONAB contained and how it impacts trade. Last week, both agencies published their respective summer outlooks. In Brazil's CONAB report, ...
Explore the latest news and expert commentary by Mike Pearson and Max Armstrong on This Week in Agribusiness and Farm Progress America.
Are the latest fungicides a game-changer for corn and soybean production? Tyler Harp, technical product lead for row crop fungicides with Syngenta, talks fungicide perception versus reality. He also ...
An age-old debate continues, but Ken Paige is tired of just debating. The heart of the matter is whether injuring soybeans causes them to respond and produce more yield compared to if they weren’t ...
Summer could be a good time to take advantage of making tile drainage updates, given increased supply and labor availability. If you’ve been curious about installing tile in the summer months, ...