ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wet, cool conditions across much of Illinois have slowed the state’s corn harvesting to a creep, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on the heels of its forecast of a record year ...

Soybean and corn futures dropped from recent highs after USDA released production figures showing larger supplies than ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Amid growing expectations of record U.S. corn and soybean yields this year, farmers in Illinois and other Midwestern states are struggling to bring the crops in from the fields.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- As Illinois farmers begin shipping corn from fields to grain silos, it's starting to shape up as one of the most erratic harvests in recent years. Crops that survived inclement ...

Nik Jakobs crouched down and scooped a handful of dirt. A third-generation cattle farmer and grandson of Holocaust survivors, ...

Illinois corn is maturing so quickly this summer that one University of Illinois crop expert expects an early harvest, with combines in some fields by Labor Day. "It's progressed very nicely," Fred E.

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Most farmers are starting harvest earlier than usual despite recent cool weather that slowed the drying process of corn in area fields. In McLean County, harvest began for ...

The harvest is quickly wrapping up in Illinois with 94% of the soybeans and 88% of the corn out of the field. And this fall has produced some mixed and surprising yield results for farmers. In central ...

CHICAGO — Farmers are harvesting what are among the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and their grain storage capacity. The ...