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1 week ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
USDA released the latest Crop Progress report on Monday, June 16. Here’s a closer look at recent weather and the status of Iowa’s most important crops halfway through June. “Strong storms swept through parts of northern Iowa last week, bringing hail that damaged some corn and soybean fields. Despite that unwelcomed severe weather, most of the state experienced a good mix of rain and seasonal temperatures that helped the crops progress,” said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig.
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1 week ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
North Carolina farmers reported 100% of their 2025 corn crop emerged the week ended June 15, according to USDA’s latest Crop Progress report. Minnesota and South Dakota corn emergence rates are close behind at 98%. The report said 94% of the national corn crop had emerged. North Carolina was the first state to report 100% corn emergence this year. This is on pace with the five-year average and last year at this time. Kevin Matthews farms in northwestern North Carolina, near East Bend.
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2 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
Iowans are divided in the wake of Gov. Kim Reynolds’ veto of Iowa House File 639. The bill would have changed the common carrier definition of a carbon pipeline and made it more difficult for pipeline projects to use eminent domain.
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2 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
Farmers in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania are still waiting for more than a quarter of their corn to emerge. The latest Crop Progress report published by USDA indicated 87% of the national corn crop has emerged. As of the week ended June 8, 71% of Colorado corn had emerged. This is 3 percentage points behind the five-year average. However, 2025 corn emergence is well ahead of the 62% out of the ground at this time last year.
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3 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
The corn and soybean planting season is wrapping up across many of the top-growing states, according to USDA’s first June Crop Progress report. Find out what agronomists in Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, and Wisconsin have to say about how crops in their territories are progressing. “Planting is nearly complete across the state and most of the corn and soybeans have emerged.
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3 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
USDA released the latest Crop Progress report on Monday, June 2. Here’s a closer look at recent weather and the status of North Carolina’s most important crops as June begins. Kevin Matthews farms near East Bend, North Carolina. Frustrated, he recaps recent weather simply, “Rain every day. Zero field work.”The Crop Progress report noted farmers in the state had just 2.9 days suitable for fieldwork the week ended June 1. In the last five weeks, less than 22 days were suitable for fieldwork, said USDA.
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3 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
Just two of the top 18 corn-growing states have yet to plant at least 75% of this year’s corn crop, according to USDA’s Crop Progress report published June 2. Nationally, 93% of the U.S. corn crop has been planted. Ohio farmers are expected to plant 3.25 million acres of corn this year, said the National Agricultural Statistics Service in the March 31 Prospective Plantings report. The latest Crop Progress report said 72% of this year’s corn crop had been planted by the week ended June 1.
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4 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor maps published May 29, three of the top 18 corn-growing states reported D3 extreme drought conditions, or worse. Here’s a closer look at the moisture situation and the challenges it is creating for crops in Texas, Nebraska, and North Dakota. D4 exceptional drought is persistent in west Texas and covers more than 14% of the state. That’s a slight improvement from the week prior, but dramatically worse than the start of 2025.
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4 weeks ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
“Last week’s cool and soggy conditions sidelined many farmers who were looking to finish planting or complete other field work. Despite the delays, most farmers are grateful to receive the rain as we recharge our soils and give the crops a strong early season boost,” said Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on Tuesday, looking back on the week ended May 25.
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1 month ago | 
agriculture.com | Natalina Sents Bausch
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission published its highly anticipated “Making Our Children Healthy Again” report Thursday morning. Here’s a timeline leading up to the release of this controversial report and a summary of reactions from across the agriculture industry. President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the Make American Healthy Again Commission to investigate chronic illness and deliver an action plan to fight childhood diseases.
