Some market analysts say the May 20 crop progress report from USDA will show the potential for trendline corn yields this year is now gone.

While the weather is weighing down on soybean planting progress, most farmers still have time to get seeds in the ground.

Fertilizer availability issues are creating a frenzy this spring. While various fertilizers are seeing limited availability, anhydrous ammonia is in the shortest supply, and supply issues for all fertilizer could linger through summer.

Farmers who are looking to combat disease and insect pressure in soybeans or reduce nematode damage and improve stand establishment in corn can look to new offerings from Helena Agri-Enterprises.

Recent flood events mean many corn and soybean acres are at risk of late planting—if fields get planted at all.

In what weathermen are calling “historic” flooding, those along the Missouri, Elkhorn and Platte Rivers are enduring loss of homes, productivity and livestock.