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Historic Tennessee flooding delaying fieldwork

Monday, April 14

Spring storms have made a dent in Tennessee’s drought conditions and caused some historic flooding. The USDA says topsoil and subsoil moisture levels are both at a 30 percent surplus. Rains continued to green up pastures which improved to 53 percent rated good to... Read More.

Wisconsin too cool and wet for most fieldwork

Monday, April 14

Cool and wet conditions continued to slow most Wisconsin farmers last week. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says northern Wisconsin still has some areas with frost in the ground, and most of the state is too wet for fieldwork. The exceptions are in the... Read More.

“Toe at starting line” for Iowa farmer ready to begin spring fieldwork

Thursday, April 3

Activity is picking up on many farms across the Midwest. Stu Swanson grows corn, soybeans, and finishes feeder pigs in north-central Iowa. “We’re putting our toe at the starting line, of course. It’s been a nice, open winter so we’ve had a lot of... Read More.

Fieldwork underway in parts of Iowa

Monday, March 31

Some Iowa farmers have begun spring fieldwork. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Rebecca Vittetoe says weather has generally been mild recently. “A lot of what I’ve seen in the last week or so has been dry fertilizer getting spread on fields, I’ve seen anhydrous... Read More.

Spring fieldwork starting soon

Tuesday, March 11

A field agronomist with Pioneer says spring fieldwork could be underway for several farmers as soon as next week in eastern Missouri. “I’ve seen a couple of anhydrous tool bars starting to run and a few sprayers out.” Scott Gard tells Brownfield it’s been... Read More.