With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase ...

Local farmers are reporting that most of this year’s corn and soybean crops have been planted. Area farmers are also keeping ...

The rainy spring means a drop of acreage in Arkansas’s rice crop. Jarrod Hardke, rice agronomist for the University of ...

As of April, the U.S. housing market had nearly 34% more sellers than buyers shopping for a home, according to an analysis by ...

New crop corn and soybean ending stock estimates were lower than pre-report trade expectations in the U.S. Department of ...

WASHINGTON — A first-look at the 2025-2026 crop balance sheet was rolled out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on May 12.

Watering your plants, garden and lawn is essential to their growth and robustness as summer approaches. We have watering tips.

According to the March Prospective Plantings report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nebraska corn farmers are expected to plant 10.6 million acres of corn in 2025. If realized ...

Ag economists say a slightly more optimistic economic outlook for corn and large soybean stocks currently contributed to a rise in corn acreage in the March 31 Prospective Plantings report.

The USDA estimates U.S. corn acreage planted will climb 5% to 95.3 million acres, and soybean acreage will decline by 4%. Ag economists say this is due to a few economic factors, in particular the ...

Now that spring has arrived, they will soon head to the fields to put this year’s crop in the ground. The 2025 Prospective Plantings report surveyed nearly 74,000 farmers between February 27 and March ...

The USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report is the first official survey of farmers for the upcoming growing season. Chad Smith has details. Smith: The USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report showed farmers ...