CHESTERFIELD, Missouri, July 17 -- The National Corn Growers Association issued the following news on July 16, 2025: * * * Corn Grower Leaders Call on Trump to Intervene with MAHA Commission The president of the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and farmer leaders from 19 state-based corn grower groups sent a letter to President Trump today asking him to intervene as the Make America Healthy Again Commission prepares to release policy recommendations that question the safety of pestici  more

CANBERRA, Australia, July 18 - Grains Research and Development Corp. issued the following news release: * * * Net form net blotch triple fungicide resistance detected in WA Barley growers throughout Western Australia should assess their integrated disease management strategies following detection of net form net blotch isolates with resistance to all three fungicide groups currently registered for control of this fungal pathogen. Barley is WA's second-most important cereal crop after wheat,  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 16 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Wet year prompts weed challenges in crops By Kay Ledbetter Uncharacteristically wet weather this year has left many producers across the state with a growing weed problem, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Scott Nolte, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension state weed specialist and associate professor in the Texas A  more