
JasonJenkinsDTN
@jasonjenkinsdtn
Writer. Photographer. Videographer. Crops editor for DTN/Progressive Farmer magazine. Assignments are best when they either require cowboy boots or flip-flops.
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The corn leafhopper, a tiny flying insect capable of transmitting the potentially devastating corn stunt disease, survived the winter in South Texas and has been detected moving northward this month. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports: dtn.link/96bsfc


Wheat quality counts. The Great Plains Analytical Laboratory, located about 20 minutes north of downtown Kansas City, Missouri, bakes loaves to satisfy science, not hunger. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports: dtn.link/2i0oja



On Tuesday, the Environmental Protection Agency released its final Insecticide Strategy, the next step in the agency's plan to meet its obligations under the Endangered Species Act. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports: dtn.link/jx8j94




#wheattour25 is underway. Justin Gilpin of KansasWheat, right, evaluates the condition of a wheat field in Clay County, Kansas, for Tim Boyle of Tyson Foods. DTN/Progressive Farmer


Finding some wheat streak mosaic virus in fields across the northern tier of counties in Kansas. #wheattour25 KansasWheat DTN/Progressive Farmer


Day 2 of the Hard Winter Wheat Tour is underway. #wheattour25 KansasWheat DTN/Progressive Farmer




Farmers know to get the biggest bang for their fungicide buck, timing is everything. A new online resource from the Crop Protection Network can help guide timely application decisions and manage foliar diseases in both corn and soybeans. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports:



Kochia, a highly competitive weed well adapted to the Great Plains and western regions of the U.S. and Canada, has made its way to Missouri soybean fields. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports: dtn.link/is0ai1




After doing without in 2025, U.S. cotton and soybean growers could once again have access to dicamba herbicides labeled for postemergence application under a proposed registration released on Wednesday by EPA for public comment. Crops Editor JasonJenkinsDTN reports:


Day 3 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Thursday with the final three-day total weighted average yield estimate of 48.3 bushels per acre of 307 fields total for the three days. Basis Analyst Mary Kennedy reports: dtn.link/7s9le7

