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Environmental factors are behind this year’s crown rot surge. The disease is appearing in hybrids that agronomists say are rarely prone to having the problem.

Analysts Dan Basse and Chip Nellinger say $6 corn is looking likely this year. While there’s always risk as the funds post such a long position, there is another factor that could push prices past $6, and that’s tied to El Niño.

Farmers face potentially thousands in added costs as diesel inventories hit 40-year lows.

AGI (Ag Growth International) has rebranded and expanded its fertilizer blending lineup under the new “BlendPro” name, introducing three Legal-for-Trade systems designed to deliver verified weight accuracy for fertilizer retailers and agribusinesses.

The co-op announced the project a little more 18 months ago.

The farmer-owned cooperative is backward-integrating into fertilizer production to drive value back through the channel that sells it.

Leverage harvest data to make better prebuy recommendations for your growers.

The joint venture could “cut roughly in half” finished imports of phosphate fertilizers.

Red crown rot is now active in at least eight Midwest states. The significance of the disease is building. The Crop Protection Network estimates 7.7 million bushels of soybeans were lost in 2025 versus 121,000 bushels in 2024.