Walking through his last field of corn to plant, west central Illinois farmer Brent Johnson was nearing the finish line last Monday. Missing the spotty pop-up showers, he finished planting corn that ...

Illinois farmer Brian Corkill uses cover crops on most of his ground. Read about what species he uses ahead of corn and ...

A Farm Region Moving North and East The classic Corn Belt used to be easy to picture: Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and parts of ...

With last week’s warm and mostly dry weather farmers sped ahead on planting across the Corn Belt. USDA’s crop progress report showed Minnesota led the pace with 75% of the corn now planted, 14% ahead ...

Planting cover crops ahead of corn can be tricky but is not impossible. Learn which species work, which don’t and how much ...

Despite the immense uncertainty in agriculture due to the escalating trade war, farmers do not have the luxury of delaying planting decisions – or planting itself. Now that spring has arrived, they ...

Changing weather and planting practices have led to increased yields. This is an Inside Science story. Few of climate change’s varied dangers are more dire than its potential to make the world’s farms ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska corn farmers are expected to plant 10.6 million acres of corn this year, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The March Prospective ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS, (WCIA) — Farmers are back in the field, but their crops may look a little different this season. A new USDA report shows they’re expected to plant more corn and fewer soybeans.

U.S. farmers this summer have received the best weather for growing crops in recent memory. But despite a record-sized crop coming, many in the Corn Belt barely expect to turn a profit this year. Corn ...