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South Dakota farmers are making progress on planting amid very dry conditions. The USDA says seven percent of the corn is planted, ahead of this time last year and the five-year average. Oats are ...
Kentucky farmers have made significant planting progress over the last week, but are still running well behind last year’s levels. Corn is 12 percent planted, a 9-point jump from last week, but is ...
Corn planting has picked up, with 33% of Missouri’s corn in the ground compared to just 9% a week ago.  Six percent of the corn has emerged, which is about 2% ahead of average. Fifteen percent of ...
The head of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says he’s hopeful the U.S. EPA will soon issue a nationwide waiver that allows all states to sell E15 this summer. Monte Shaw says eight Midwestern ...
An extension agronomist says the planting season has been in full swing across Iowa. Meaghan Anderson with Iowa State University says, “All field operations have been happening all at once and ...
Mitchell’s Tyler Christensen threw a no-hitter at Pierre on Monday afternoon in a 2-0 game one victory. Christensen allowed two walks while striking out five on 83 pitches.
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty ImagesMartin Scorsese is honoring the late Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, with ...
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesNew details about the upcoming Oscars ceremony have arrived.The 98th annual Academy Awards will take place on March 15, 2026. We now know the nominations for the 2026 ...
Arkansas farmers have passed the halfway point for planting corn. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says as of Sunday, 62% of the Arkansas corn is now in the ground.  That’s up 20% from last ...
Warm weather has helped improve crops and planting conditions in Tennessee. The USDA says 25 percent of corn, 15 percent of soybeans, and two percent of cotton is planted. Winter wheat is rated 70 ...
The USDA says Illinois farmers made significant planting progress last week. Ken Franklin grows corn and soybeans in Christian County. “I think we’re pretty happy with where we’re at.”  He says, ...
Between February 18th, 2024 and March 19th, 2024 a custom wooden tee sign was stolen from Lakeview Golf Course in Mitchell.