Tag Archives: farming

  • Agriculture CornCrop

    Ag in the AM: Corn Futures Drop after USDA Projection

    July corn future prices drop after USDA projects huge corn surplus in 2012

  • Agriculture CornCrop

    Ag in the AM: House Farm Bill Moving Forward

    The House Ag Committee chairman expects to markup its version of the bill in June

  • Agriculture Spring

    Ag in the AM: Iowa Soybean Plantings Lag

    While Iowa’s corn crop is way ahead of schedule it’s soybean planting is lagging; Illinois is way ahead of last year

  • Agriculture Fields

    Ag in the AM: Drying is Needed for Area Fields

    41-percent of eastern Iowa farmers and a quarter of the farmers in northwest Illinois say the fields are too wet

  • Agriculture FloodedCrops

    Ag in the AM: Heavy Rains Concern Iowa Farmers

    The rain isn’t just keeping some of the planters stalled, it can also cause erosion in fields

  • Agriculture SoybeanRows

    Ag in the AM: Some Fear Soybean Crop is Too Small

    Craig Huss says he’s very concerned that farmers may not plant enough soybeans

  • Agriculture FarmMoisture

    Ag in the AM: Corn Planting Well Ahead of 2011

    The cool weather has slowed some of the growth but Illinois farmers now have 79-percent of the corn crop planted

  • Agriculture Hay

    Ag in the AM: Hay Progress is Slowing

    The cooler weather has certainly put a stop to rapid progress of the hay crop

  • Agriculture FarmIssues

    Ag in the AM: Farm Bill is Senate Bound

    The 2012 Farm Bill is out of committee and heading to the full floor of the U.S. Senate

  • Agriculture Farming

    Ag in the AM: Iowans Offered Chance to Farm

    The Iowa Food and Family Project is inviting people to apply for the opportunity to see farmers at work as part of its “U On the Farm” project

  • Agriculture / News CORNSEED

    Ag in the AM: Corn Planting Progresses

    Iowa’s corn planting is just getting started, but almost half of the corn is already planted in Illinois

  • Agriculture FARMWEATHER

    Ag in the AM: New Runoff Worries

    An environmental group is now saying Midwest water systems could be threatened by farm run-off