While many Southern farmers are shattering speed records for the 2026 planting season, planters are sidelined for many farmers in the Midwest who are facing wet conditions. For the father-and-son duo ...

The start to the 2025 growing season has been varied for the Corn Belt, and dynamic weather conditions have states and regions in a range of situations crop-wise heading into key summer months.

Average per acre returns to soybean production have exceeded those for corn production in 10 out of the 13 crop years from 2013–2025. The opposite was true over the prior 13 crops years from 2000–2012 ...

The Midwest has always been synonymous with amber waves of grain, endless fields of corn stretching to the horizon. Yet something troubling is happening beneath those wide skies. The iconic Corn Belt, ...

The dark, rich earth that made the Corn Belt legendary is disappearing faster than anyone realized. More than one-third of the Corn Belt in the Midwest - nearly 30 million acres - has completely lost ...

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A ridge of high pressure and heat dome is building in the Corn Belt this week bringing some of the hottest weather of the growing season. Eric Snodgrass, senior science fellow, Nutrien Ag Solutions ...

Excessive rainfall across the Midwest over the last week reduced the number of days suitable for fieldwork. As a result, the U.S. corn crop is only six percent planted, and is stalled relative to ...