Walking through his last field of corn to plant, west central Illinois farmer Brent Johnson was nearing the finish line last Monday. Missing the spotty pop-up showers, he finished planting corn that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the United States, farmers have access to federally subsidized crop insurance — a backstop that affords them some peace of mind ...

A historic severe storm that hit central Illinois highlights how essential crop insurance is for Midwest farms to survive as ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, May 5 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers have hit very few snags with corn planting this spring, and the foreseeable future is barrier-free. Dry and mostly warm weather across the Corn ...

This week's extreme heat has brought plenty of humidity, but some of that moisture comes from an unlikely source.

Corn and wheat settle lower on Tuesday with soybeans and livestock higher. Dan Basse, president of Ag Resource Company in Chicago, says corn was pressured by the fast planting pace of 12% nationally ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Favorable weather over the past week has helped Illinois corn growers catch up on spring planting after a soggy, slow start. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 43 percent of ...

Widespread planting of corn hybrids designed to combat corn rootworm, the crop's most damaging pest in the Corn Belt, is reducing both the technology's effectiveness and some farmers' profits. The ...