Planting is off to a slow start in Wisconsin. USDA’s latest weekly crop progress update shows corn at 3 percent planted, compared to 1 percent a week ago and the

A farmer in Michigan’s Thumb says a break in the weather last week helped get sugarbeets planted. Huron County’s Katie Adam tells Brownfield, “I would say we probably pushed the

A central Indiana farmer says he expects to wrap up planting his 2026 soybean crop this week. Chris Cherry says he started planting around the second week of April. “We

May corn $4.60 and 3/4, up 5 and 3/4 centsMay soybeans $11.77 and 1/4, up 13 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal $333.80, up $9.50May soybean oil 72.26, up 35 pointsMay

U.S. corn and soybean planting made solid advances over the past week. Large parts of the Midwest saw heavy rainfall, but only a handful of states experienced a significant lag

A south-central Nebraska farmer says it’s been a feverish start to this year’s planting season. Randy Uhrmacher says he started a couple of weeks ago since it was warm and

Northeast Kansas farmer Scott Gigstad says soybean planting progress is on hold for now. “We ended up getting anywhere from an inch and a quarter to anywhere around 3 and

A south-central Ohio farmer says drier conditions in April have helped his operation get a head start on the 2026 planting season. Greg Corcoran tells Brownfield, “We’re close to halfway

Across the Corn Belt, cool air has begun to overspread the upper Midwest. However, much of the region remains at risk for additional severe thunderstorms, featuring high winds, large hail,

The USDA continues to roll out details of its reorganization.  Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says some employees of the department’s Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture