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August 24, 2013
Upper Midwest corn needs heat, rain
Upper Midwest corn farmers will be watching both the thermometer and the rain gauge in the next few weeks. Their crop needs plenty of heat and moisture, and the region is coming up short on both.
news / stateAugust 24, 2013 - 9:51am
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August 12, 2013
USDA’s cut to corn and soybean crops catches market off guard
WASHINGTON — U.S. farmers will reap the biggest corn crop and the third-largest soybean crop ever this fall, government forecasters said on Monday, but the harvests will be smaller than traders expected because of lower yields and ending stocks are projected to be below traders’...
news / nationAugust 12, 2013 - 11:25pm
August 6, 2013
Minnesota corn, soybean pasture conditions decline
ST. PAUL (AP) — The condition of Minnesota's corn and soybean crops declined slightly for the second straight week amid a dry week across the state. In its weekly crops and weather report for Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that the state received an...
newsAugust 6, 2013 - 9:55am
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July 2, 2013
Minnesota corn knee-high by Fourth of July
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota's corn crop has grown slower than the average this year, but it looks like the crop will be knee-high by the Fourth of July. The weekly crop report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn statewide grew an average of seven inches last week,...
news / stateJuly 2, 2013 - 7:55am
June 28, 2013
USDA: Wet spring won't affect predicted corn crop
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture shocked farmers, grain analysts and market traders Friday with a report that shows no reduction in the number of acres planted in corn, despite a soggy spring.
newsJune 28, 2013 - 3:25pm
May 10, 2013
USDA: Despite late start, record corn crop likely
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The wet start to the corn planting season may reduce the amount each acre produces this year, but farmers are planting so much corn they're still likely to bring in a record crop. In a report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated...
news / nationMay 10, 2013 - 10:00am
May 7, 2013
Wet spring taking a toll on Midwest farmers
ST. LOUIS — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he’ll get to plant. Like so many other...
news / stateMay 7, 2013 - 10:53pm
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April 30, 2013
Tracks reopen after train derails in Blue Earth, Minn.
BLUE EARTH, Minn. (AP) — Railroad tracks after reopened in the southern Minnesota town of Blue Earth after 17 cars derailed on a train carrying corn. Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says the tracks reopened just after 4 a.m. Tuesday. The 73-car train was carrying corn...
news / stateApril 30, 2013 - 3:15pm
January 11, 2013
Drought cut corn crop by about one-fourth
DES MOINES, Iowa — For farmers like Earl Williams, last year couldn’t have started out better or ended much worse as a warm, sunny spring that let him plant early gave way to record heat and drought that devastated his corn. Williams ended up with about two-thirds of the crop...
news / nationJanuary 11, 2013 - 9:54pm
September 4, 2012
Ethanol production resumes at plant in Buffalo Lake, Minn.
BUFFALO LAKE -- This is the day that trucks are expected to rumble out of the gate carrying the first ethanol produced at the former Minnesota...
business / regionSeptember 4, 2012 - 12:00am
August 25, 2012
West central Minn.crops largely escape drought
The fall harvest probably isn't a bin-buster for farmers in west central Minnesota, but area producers are expecting to bring in respectable corn and soybean yields. Noah Hultgren, who is a partner with his family members in Hultgren Farms near Willmar, expects a "pretty good" corn...
news / local / businessAugust 25, 2012 - 12:00am
August 18, 2012
West central Minn. ethanol producers enjoy benefits of local supply, efficient plants amid high corn prices
ATWATER -- Ethanol producers in west central Minnesota are coping with corn prices that are squeezing margins and have no plans to reduce production. "We've certainly seen throughout this year different challenges, pressures on that margin,'' said Mike Jerke, general manager of...
news / local / regionAugust 18, 2012 - 12:00am
July 28, 2012
No dent in the corn supply for annual Corn Capital Days in Olivia, Minn.
OLIVIA -- The summer drought that is damaging the corn crop throughout the Midwest will not put a dent in this weekend's Corn Capital Days celebration...
news / regionJuly 28, 2012 - 12:00am
July 26, 2012
Special air show at Sunday's Olivia, Minn., Lions Flight Breakfast
OLIVIA -- A special aerobatic show featuring one of the world's most famous stunt planes will highlight the Olivia Lions Flight Breakfast on...
showcase / regionJuly 26, 2012 - 8:46am
May 5, 2012
Planting in Minnesota continues around intermittent rain showers
WORTHINGTON -- Eastern Jackson County farmer Loren Tusa is wondering when, exactly, farmers were supposed to start planting this year. It was warm and dry early, then it cooled off. They now have intermittent rain showers to work around. "Conditions were ideal two weeks ago and...
May 5, 2012 - 12:00am
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