Illinois farmers are experiencing a mixed start to the 2025 planting season, with corn planting behind historical pace while soybean progress is slightly ahead of schedule, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report released April 21. Corn Acres: Behind the Curve Corn planting in Illinois reached 7%, a 6%…

By Clark Kauffman A Cedar County farmer is suing a manufacturer of wind turbines, alleging three turbine fires scattered debris over hundreds of acres of land, damaging his crops. Alan Weets of Mechanicsville is suing the Chicago-based company Nordex USA, which does business as Acciona Windpower North America and Anchor…

1. Soybean, Corn Futures Higher Overnight Soybeans and corn rose in overnight trading on optimism about de-escalation of the trade war with China, the world’s largest importer of the oilseeds.  President Donald Trump said late Tuesday that the 145% tariff rate the U.S. has imposed on Chinese products will come…

By Julie Ingwersen, Karl Plume GLENDALE, Kentucky, April 24 (Reuters) – Kentucky farmer Drew Langley got an early start planting soybeans this spring, hoping to boost yields to help soothe the sting of slumping prices after U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with China put demand from the world’s top importer in doubt.…

Corn has started to emerge in five of the top 18 corn-producing states, according to the USDA’s Crop Progress report released Monday, April 21. These states account for 92% of the U.S. corn acreage. As of April 20, 2025, 2% of the nation’s corn crop had emerged, matching the five-year…

SAO PAULO, April 24 (Reuters) – Brazil will export more soybeans to China and more soymeal to its main clients in Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia in 2025 amid the trade war between the United States and China, a director at industry group Abiove said on Thursday. A record soy…