I” state farmers switched to more corn and less soybean planted acres, the U.S. Department of Agriculture found in its June ...

The United States, the world’s top corn supplier, is set to export a record volume of corn in the waning 2024-25 marketing year, slightly edging out 2020-21’s high.

Unlike most leaf diseases, tar spot starts impacting the crop at the bottom of plants. That means fungicides you apply must ...

U.S. Crop Watch corn conditions have made unprecedented strides this season, though producers’ early thoughts on yield potential are only slightly better than in recent years.

Compared to Indiana and Ohio, Illinois is in pretty good shape, but yield still might fall short of a normal year.

July 8, 2025 By Jared WhiteFiled Under: Corn, Crops, Illinois, News A field agronomist for Beck’s Hybrids says farmers need to scout for tar spot. Chad Kalaher, who covers east central and northeast ...

A pair of crop reports fell primarily in line with trade expectations as the market turned its focus toward weather in the ...

Boone County Sheriff Scott Yunk said, around 3:20 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a plane crash in a corn field in Capron, Illinois, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, near the Wisconsin ...

"With conventional field crops covering most of Central Illinois farmland, herbicide drift has long been a recurring issue ...

Peak rootworm hatch typically occurs in June across the Midwest, making it the critical period for growers to begin scouting ...