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The open fields are tempting manure applicators to get started. However, it is worthwhile to pause and consider the fertilizer value that is given up when manure is applied to

A strong fall storm system will bring areas of heavy rain, strong winds, and even some snow to parts of the Plains and Midwest this week.

Some heat early in the fall in the middle of the country will be favorable for the continuing harvest for the next couple of weeks, but fall has to arrive at some point. Can it happen in mid or late October?

It's obvious that grasslands have more cooling power than lawns.

Food columnist Elizabeth Baer writes, "Lola’s fried chicken was moist and flavorful, with just enough dredge to give it a bit of crisp. In later years, I would dream of

Vegetation health analysis reinforces ideas of needed moisture as late summer approaches

A heat dome will spread above-normal temperatures into much of the U.S. next week. Heat stress will be coming at an inopportune time for pollinating and filling corn as well as filling soybeans. There is some potential for rainfall across some areas, but an overall hotter and drier period should stress both crops.

Its a popular topic when drought becomes entrenched, but its not always an easy answer.

A derecho brought widespread wind damage and hurricane-force winds to Illinois and surrounding areas along the Iowa-Missouri border and into southern Indiana on June 29.

The latest run of the U.S. Drought Monitor shows expanding D1, or moderate drought, conditions across the Eastern Corn Belt, while rainy weather in the Southern Plains led to notable improvements.