Corn and soybean farmers should be scouting for a new weed this upcoming growing season. Asian copperleaf (Acalypha australis ...

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois corn harvest was at 6% as of Sunday, compared to the five-year average of 16% at this point in the season according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Illinois Crop ...

The harvest is quickly wrapping up in Illinois with 94% of the soybeans and 88% of the corn out of the field. And this fall has produced some mixed and surprising yield results for farmers. In central ...

Illinois corn is maturing so quickly this summer that one University of Illinois crop expert expects an early harvest, with combines in some fields by Labor Day. "It's progressed very nicely," Fred E.