Agriculture

The 2025 site has been selected for Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days.  The Clinton Farms near Bear Creek, between Clintonville and New London, will be the host site. It will be the third time across four generations the Clinton family has hosted Farm Technology Days.  Roland and Dorothy Clinton hosted the 25th show, then called Farm Progress Days, in 1978.  The 50th show was hosted by Jim and Sue Clinton in […]

A dust storm limited visibility for farmers and motorists near Montgomery County Illinois on Monday. Illinois State Police say winds blew freshly worked soil from nearby fields causing zero visibility in the area. News Channel 20 reports the storm caused a pile up of more than 60 vehicles that closed Interstate 55 for at least 17 miles near Farmersville and Divernon.  Visibility was further limited by the smoke from two […]

Planting pace for Kentucky’s crops is running ahead of last year and the 5-year average. The corn crop is 52% planted, compared to the previous year at 24%, and the 5-year average of 36% with 24% of the crop emerged.  Soybeans are 27% planted compared to 11% last year and the 5-year average of 12%. Winter wheat conditions are mostly good, as 11% of the crop is rated excellent and […]

Corn and soybean planting progress continues to run ahead of the average pace.  The corn crop is 60% planted, compared to 49% last week and the 5-year average of 46%.  Twenty-three percent of the corn crop has emerged.  Soybeans are 23% planted, ahead of last year’s and the 5-year average of 8%.  Cotton is 5% planted compared to the five-year average of 3%.  Apples are 85% in full bloom compared […]

USDA says South Dakota’s planting progress continues to lag, but farmers finally started planting corn the last week of April. One percent of the state’s corn crop is planted compared to the five-year average of 10%. Spring wheat planting is 17% complete, an increase of 13 percentage points from the previous week. Winter wheat conditions in South Dakota are rated 22% good to excellent, worse than the previous week when […]

Missouri farmers made good planting progress in the last week, but USDA says conditions are cooler and drier than normal. The latest Crop Progress and Conditions report says temperatures are at least five degrees below normal in Missouri and moisture is averaging three-quarters of an inch below normal for this time of the year. For Missouri, 80% of corn planting is complete, an increase of 22 percentage points from the […]

Illinois farmers more than doubled their planting progress for the season last week. The USDA reports as of Sunday 40% of corn is planted, a jump from 18% the week before and well ahead of the five-year average of 29%. Four percent of the crop has emerged, in line with average. Soybean planting is 39% complete, ahead of the total for the previous week and the average of 15%. Three […]