ROCK PORT, Mo. — Under a blue sky on a spring day, brothers Craig and Pat Moore were getting their planter ready to go to kick off the 2026 planting season. At the edge of a field, the expanse of the Missouri River bottom stretched out toward the horizon. And across Atchison County in northwest Missouri, several farmers were getting equipment ready after a period of wet weather.
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Northwest Missouri brothers get late-April start
Atchison County, Mo., farmer Pat Moore fills up the planter at the start of the 2026 planting season.
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