A southeast Minnesota farmer says the planting season is off to a good start. Rob Tate grows corn and soybeans near Cannon Falls. “We started planting a little bit earlier

Planting progress made a big jump in Iowa last week. USDA’s latest crop progress report says corn went from 2 percent to 22 percent planted, matching the five-year average. North

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. There was also likely some commercial interest as crush margins are solid, which supported soybean meal and oil futures Monday. Soybeans

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