You don't need a perfect spring in Central Illinois to have great corn and soybean crops. But JC Henrekin, of Deer Grove, Illinois, did. The result was waist-high corn on June 5.

A cool, late-spring day finds Enrique Ceja and Omar Orosco handling one of the many chores on HF Farms, near Ogden, Iowa. They cruise fields with an old tractor and cart to remove softball- to bowling-ball-sized rocks from ground soon to be planted to corn or soybeans.

With the number of row-crop acres growing and the number of forage acres shrinking, Midwestern beef producers are responding with more use of corn silage.

Computers have been taking over more chores and decisions for farmers for decades, and one of their next assignments could be determining how much nitrogen to apply to corn, and when to apply it.

Lower commodity prices may make it difficult for some farmers to meet their loan obligations and pay for production expenses, a new report from USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) finds. The report examines the health of U.S. farms. Here are its major findings:

AGCO's new Fendt IDEAL combine, featuring 16-foot-long dual rotors, 485-bushel grain tank and automated systems monitoring capabilities, shows "we are serious, and we will be a player in the market worldwide," says Richard Kohnen, AGCO's director of tactical marketing for...

Patience. That's what springtime extreme soil conditions demanded of Wisconsin growers Rick and Carla Hargrave.