Timely rains and great conditions have farmers racing to put seeds in the ground. USDA’s latest crop progress report shows 24% of the corn crop is now planted. That’s 2% ahead of the five-year average ...

Much of the Midwest and Great Plains is experiencing dry conditions, with some areas of moderate to severe drought highlighted in orange in this illustration of the U.S. Drought Monitor map released ...

WAHOO, NE (AP) — Strong winds whipped around Doug Bartek, a fifth-generation farmer, as he headed into a grain bin to shovel soybeans onto a conveyor chute. The 60-year-old was anxious at the onset of ...

Larry Dallas's farm in Central Illinois's Douglas County is as flat as it gets. That's a good thing for planting straight rows and maneuvering farm equipment in the field, but there's a major downside ...

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today delivered a speech on the ...

Kansas farmer Stephen Kalb says the shutdown of USDA “just means a lot of uncertainty right now.” The government shutdown stops USDA from administering farm subsidies, raising the specter of growing ...

Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Ill. The farm bill is a safety net for our families and the farmers who feed, fuel and clothe us. Unfortunately, the bill that’s been proposed by Agriculture Committee Chairman ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — The economy continues to be a topic of conversation among farmers after seeing a staggering trend ...