Tag Archives: usda

• News / Weather

  All of Iowa and Illinois in drought

  Eighty percent of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions and levels are worsening in Iowa and Illinois.
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Corn Planting Almost Finished

  90% of Iowa corn crop, 95% of Illinois’ now planted
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Corn Futures Drop after USDA Projection

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

  Two farms quarantined in mad cow investigation

  Two farms have been quarantined by the USDA as the agency continues to investigate last month’s discovery of mad cow disease at a California dairy farm.