USDA will open CRP enrollment with higher payment rates, new incentives and a more targeted focus on the program’s role in climate change mitigation.

As retailers are now facing tight supplies of popular herbicides like glyphosate and glufosinate, product prices are climbing and supplies are being rationed. It’s a issue that could last the entire season.

Commodity prices continued to race higher on Thursday, with corn trading the limit higher. Soybeans and wheat also saw prices surge higher with double-digit moves.

Researchers try to tease out what makes some areas more inclined to plant cover crops.

While Amy Asmus says fungicide supplies will also be tighter this year, it’s herbicides that are garnering the most angst.

Many commonly used herbicides are hard to find, and prices are trending higher. Fungicide availability may also be limited in some cases.