North Dakota farmers will be without a key federal crop insurance option this year as they prepare for spring planting. As part of federally subsidized crop insurance, farmers are insured when the ...

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 ...

Sabina, Ohio — It was just after dark as Ross Woodruff hopped into a truck to haul soybean seeds out to his brother, Mark, whose planter had run out. It was the first day they could plant after heavy ...

Working capital, revenue targets, benchmarking and more will help you better prepare your farm for the unpredictable 2026 ...

Early-planting and moisture management strategies help farmers avoid yield losses and optimize harvest timing for maximum ...

In 2022 there were a total of 4 million prevented planting acres in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department Farm Service Agency. Excessively wet ...

With last week’s warm and mostly dry weather farmers sped ahead on planting across the Corn Belt. USDA’s crop progress report showed Minnesota led the pace with 75% of the corn now planted, 14% ahead ...

A mild winter is changing the rhythm of farming in central Utah, where some producers are already in the fields weeks earlier ...