Submitted For the week ending June 21 there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 9 percent very short,…

Submitted As of June 1, there were 73.7 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down slightly from June 2025 and down slightly from March 1, according to the Quarterly…

Submitted For the week ending June 14, there were 4.9 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12 percent very short,…

Submitted For the week ending June 7, there were 3.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 10 percent very short,…

Submitted For the week ending May 31, there were 4.2 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 17 percent very short,…

Submitted On Wednesday, June 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the detection of a New World screwworm (NWS) in a three-week-old calf in…

Submitted For the week ending May 24, there were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 22 percent very short,…

Submitted For the week ending May 17, there were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 27 percent very short,…

Submitted For the week ending May 10, 2026, there were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 27 percent very…

Submitted Over the next several weeks, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the June Agricultural Survey — https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Crops_Stocks/index.php — by contacting over 90,000 producers across the nation to…

Submitted For the week ending April 26, there were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 28 percent very short,…

With planting season underway, local farmers are making good progress. According to Ag Partners Sabetha Coop manager Scott Schremmer, overall, corn planting is about 90 to 95 percent completed and…

Submitted For the week ending April 19, 2026, there were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 31 percent very…

Submitted For the week ending April 12, there were 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 28 percent very short,…