Dry Weather Could Hurt Cover Crops
The USDA has issued a report saying over half of Illinois, and over 80 percent of Iowa is abnormally dry but corn and soybeans are not the only crops at risk if the dry weather continues.
View ArticleLate Planting Means Late Harvest
A wet spring put some farmers in the behind schedule and even forced some to replant their crops. Data on how the harvest is progressing in each of the Tri-States is harder to come by than usual.
View ArticleTougher Decisions for Farmers This Harvest
This harvest season farmers are having a tougher time deciding what to do with their crops once they’re out of the field.
View ArticleHarvest Almost Done, Yields "All Over the Place"
With most of the harvest in, farmers are getting a good sense of how crops were affected by this year’s extremely wet spring and abnormally dry summer.
View ArticleCold Should Not Affect Corn Planting
The snow and freezing temperatures this week in the tri-state region should not have much of an impact on local corn planting.
View ArticleHeavy Rain Delays Planting for Tri-States
Iowa received almost twice its average amount of rainfall in April. The precipitation replenished soil moisture but delayed this spring’s planting.
View ArticleUS Corn Acres Up, Down for Iowa
The USDA has issued a report of saying despite a soggy planting season, farmers will still break records this year.
View ArticleNeeded but Uneven Rains for SE Iowa
With some Southeast Iowa farmers beginning to need rain, last weekend’s weather brought some rain but maybe not much relief.
View ArticleMidweek Downpour not Enough for Farmers
The rain that areas of Western Illinois saw on Wednesday was enough to keep crops "one step ahead” of drought stress, but not enough to keep crops satisfied in the long term.
View ArticleCrop Dusting Pilots Navigate Dangerous Airspace
Mike Lee steers his plane over the Missouri-Arkansas state line, checking out a checkerboard of green and brown fields of rice, cotton, corn and soybeans.
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