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Overall, crops are doing well in Arkansas so far. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says as of Sunday, 86% of the state’s ...
Above average temperatures and moisture in Missouri the final week of April helped green up pastures and encouraged crop emergence. USDA says 31 percent of the state’s corn emerged, more than double ...
The corn planting pace nearly doubled in the last week for Kentucky, but it’s moving slower than usual for this time of the ...
Planting continues to pace ahead of normal in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says corn planting reached 44 percent, two days ahead of last year and slightly ahead of the five-year average ...
Wet conditions slowed planting progress across parts of Iowa last week. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says corn is 49 ...
Several good days for fieldwork helped speed up planting in Tennessee. The USDA says 63 percent of corn, 37 percent of ...
A central Indiana farmer says unpredictable weather patterns have caused spring planting delays. Jonathon Sparks farms in ...
A southwestern Ohio farmer says he’s halfway done with the 2025 planting season. Eric Tipton farms in Fayette County. “We’ve ...
The USDA says Illinois farmers made significant planting progress last week. The latest weekly crop progress and condition ...
Wisconsin planting progress ranges from completely finished to not even started, depending on where you look. Some regions ...
The weather outlook in Michigan could be ideal for planting in the coming weeks. Michigan climatologist Jeff Andresen says May will likely be warmer and drier. “That should bode really, really well, ...
Leaders from the agricultural research community are calling on Congress to prioritize USDA funding amid spending cuts.