2023 Conservation Ag Operator Fellow Loran Steinlage broadcasts live from FLOLO Farms in West Union, Iowa, for the October harvest edition of the Ask the Operator webinar series

With the information gained from this study, the researchers are now trying to make corn more resilient to drought stress. The next step is finding genetics of corn that are naturally able to handle drought better during flowering.

More and more farmers are turning to biologicals to help protect their corn yield. In this digital product demo, experts share how Indigo’s breakthrough biofungicide, biotrinsic(R)  X19, provides an uncompromising new standard for managing seedling diseases and maximizing plant performance. It combines a unique triple mode of action to empower and enhance natural plant defenses from the inside and out. Also learn about two other innovative corn biologicals in Indigo's diverse lineup of biological products that have season long effects - including increase in root mass, improvements in stand emergence and vegetative growth, nutrient uptake, yield, and combating the negative impact of drought and heat.

The MESONET station in Goodwell in the Oklahoma Panhandle recorded a total accumulation of precipitation in 2022 of just 6.48 inches. That’s all the rain that fell there for the whole year.

How has the 2022 drought affected your forage production in the Southern Plains? That’s the question the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub and the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) are asking agriculture producers in the region to help answer.

The dry pattern this fall may have reduced winter annual weed emergence, and we don’t appear to be headed into an overly wet pattern. It’s possible that weed populations are low and may not merit a fall application, although there are always more weeds out there than we think.