USDA says Texas farmers have 59% of their crop in the ground, identical to 2024. One key difference from last year: Illinois has yet to register any discernible corn planting progress, according to the first report of the 2025 season.
Farm Journal field agronomists offer four tips to help you get your best start ever with #planting2025. A strong start this spring could make this season the highest-yielding one of your career.
You want nutrients where corn roots can “luxury feed” on them without expending energy going and looking for them, say yield champions, David Hula and Randy Dowdy.
