Nitrogen application in the fall and winter might need to be delayed this year with the appearance of a Super El Niño.

MANHATTAN, Ill. — Beans have been drying down unevenly on Dave Kestel’s farm in northeast Illinois, making for a start-and-stop harvest this year.

TAMAROA, Ill. — By mid-October, Austin Lovelady was finishing up with harvest and had all his winter wheat planted. Now comes the financial re…

McLEANSBORO, Ill. — Joseph Rexing cut back on planting corn this year, largely due to the price of nitrogen fertilizer. His yields are good, b…

BLUE MOUND, Ill. — In early October, central Illinois farmer Ryan Damery was halfway through a promising soybean harvest.