The new technology is designed to improve seedling vigor, boost root biomass and contribute to yield increases – up to 15% in corn and 12% in soybeans. It will be commercially available starting in 2024.

Dry conditions in some parts of the Midwest are putting a strain on yield potential early this season. But some stands are thriving. Practices such as continuous covers and no-till are making the difference.

Last year the company said its payments totaled $9 million so far.

Markets continue to digest / discount the shape of a recovery, which could ultimately be a “Stagflation No Landing” situation, at least during 2023.

The policy of the EPA and the rest of the federal government should be to join the Supreme Court in supporting and trusting farmers and landowners to do the right thing.

Several factors converge making corn rootworm, black cutworm and true armyworm a high concern this season.