USDA published the latest Crop Progress report on Monday, Aug. 4. Here’s a closer look at recent weather and the status of Pennsylvania’s most important crops in early August. Weather Arthur Person, associate research professor in the Penn State Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science said in a PennState Extension…

A ranch in Wyoming so vast it’s bigger than the state of Rhode Island, and more than four times the size of New York City, is now for sale, with an asking price of $79.5 million. The Pathfinder Ranches, totaling more than 916,000 acres (about 1,431 square miles), stretch across…

by Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the intersection of two dirt roads in this town of 400 residents. There never is. Dahl Memorial’s three-bed emergency department — a two-hour…

At the market close, December corn was down 1½¢ at $4.05½ per bushel. November soybeans were down 6¼¢ at $9.94 per bushel. Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities, said, “The grain market technically was turned back [Friday] at some key resistance areas, primarily due to the weekend and good weather…

The National Corn Growers Association is pleased to announce the awardees for the 2025 NCGA Scholarship Programs. A committee of grower leaders selected twelve exceptional students to receive scholarships for this upcoming fall semester. NCGA is proud to continue supporting these vital programs in partnership with BASF Corporation. “Tomorrow’s ag…

Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois State Fair officials unveiled the 2025 Butter Cow in the Dairy Building today. Inspired by this year’s fair theme of “Adventure Awaits,” sculptor Sarah Pratt’s creation captures the spirit of the fair through the eyes of an adventurer. While the Butter Cow is the undisputed…