Before the combine hits the fields, farmers in the Upper Midwest begin cleaning out bins and preparing them for the new crop. Once the grain i…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Researchers at four universities — three in the U.S. and one in China — say that increasingly warmer weather patterns in the…
DELAFIELD, Ill. — Mark Miller’s corn is all in the ground while his soybeans will have to wait a while.
PAXTON, Ill. — Kirk Miller started planting his corn and soybeans in mid-April in eastern Illinois. His early start led to finishing early in May.
LEROY, Ill. — The Builta brothers certainly didn’t have to cope with dodging raindrops when they started planting corn in mid-April in McLean County.
VERGENNES, Ill. — Much of Brock Steele’s farm was pounded by rain during the period he normally gets his crops in the ground. He finally got a…
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. — On a warm spring day in Chariton County, farmers were at work getting the crop planted. Across the rural landscape, tractor…
NORBORNE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri farmer Nathan White got off to a good start on spring planting, starting around his normal time in early Ap…
LAMINE, Mo. — Near the Lamine River, Jason Linneman’s field had dried out enough to start planting corn. Planting that field on April 14, Linn…
LEETON, Mo. — Parked on a high spot in a Henry County field, the view from R.T. Slack’s tractor sprawled out in all directions, showing rollin…
BERGER, Mo. — Mostly dry weather has allowed for rapid spring planting progress in many areas, although farmers are hoping for some precipitat…
WELLMAN, Iowa — Despite high winds, Danny and Matt Gent were moving quickly during early May planting.
GILMORE CITY, Iowa — With some good luck, Nathan Sorensen and his family finished up their last field May 11.
BRIDGEWATER, Iowa — Aaron McCurdy and his father Mike have navigated everything from drought to hail to get this year’s crop planted.
CALMAR, Iowa — The common theme across Iowa was a quick planting season, and this was just as true in Northeast Iowa.
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa — Weather hasn’t been much of an issue for Ethan Crow during planting this year, but an equipment issue has caused a bit of…
BLAKESBURG, Iowa — The 2022 corn crop was in the ground May 9 for South Central Iowa farmer Joel Spring.
HAMPTON, Iowa — To get an idea of the season so far, Trent Gerdes said he was planting tomatoes in his garden on May 9 this year.
SCHLESWIG, Iowa — Brian Sieren finished up spring planting May 4 after starting on April 24.
Midwestern farm states are experiencing a gradually lengthening growing season, which can have a variety of impacts for agriculture.
Today I’m thankful for the ability to weather the…well….weather. It’s been a rollercoaster couple of weeks with continued baking of our precio…
Spring is upon us, and with the change of seasons comes growing optimism – and uncertainty – about all that lies ahead for farmers in 2023. Th…
March was a wet month across much of Illinois. Statewide precipitation averaged 4.48 inches, 1.27 inches above normal.
The wet trend continued throughout the first week of April, especially in northern Illinois — more than 1.5 inches of rain fell in some places. NASS reported 1.7 and 2.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the weeks ending April 2 and April 9, respectively.
The last in a series of winter-like storms punched inland across the West before crossing the central Plains and upper Midwest during the week…
The cooler, wetter weather in the Midwest this past week was supportive to corn and soybean prices, said Jack Scoville of Price Futures Group.
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