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MRCTI holds its first live annual meeting since the COVID-19 pandemic, September 13-15, at locations in St. Louis region.

Human history sometimes shifts abruptly, sometimes subtly. The early 2020s look to be abrupt. Climate change has become an everyday reality, with unprecedented drought...

Three of the world's top five cotton producing countries are impacted.

Gro Intelligence released a food security tracker to help address increased pressure on food systems in Africa.

The final day of the DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, pegged South Dakotas statewide average corn yield at 128.9 bushels per acre, the lowest since 2012. Minnesota corn survived, not thrived, as its statewide average fell to 173.1 bpa, more than 10 bpa below average.

With nothing but hot and dry in the rearview mirror and out the windshield, the Kansas corn yield is on its way to 118 bushels per acre, the lowest since 2012s historic drought. In general, Missouri suffered more of a chronic soil moisture shortage than drought, and with better weather in the forecast, Gro estimates statewide corn yields will average 142.8 bpa.

Statewide yield estimates in Nebraska and Iowa trail sharply behind average at 158 bushels per acre and 180.4 bpa, respectively, while Wisconsins less-volatile weather lifted yields closer to normal at 169.7 bpa.

Statewide yield estimates in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are near USDAs five-year averages, with the second day of the DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, showing yield estimates of 196.9 bushels per acre, 180.9 bpa and 178.9 bpa, respectively.

The 2022 DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, estimates the national average corn yield at 167.2 bpa, while soybeans are anticipated to average 48.9 bpa.

BEIRUT (AP) — A ship bringing corn to Lebanon’s northern port of Tripoli normally...