ROW CROPS

Obsessing over rain, or the lack of it, is a skill every farmer has mastered. Here are 20 phrases you’ve likely muttered more than once.

The silver lining, meteorologists say, is many farmers and livestock producers in the central and eastern U.S. have had sufficient moisture this spring and milder temperatures headed into summer. For some, that’s about to change.

Crop conditions across the country remain exemplary with 68% of the current corn crop rated good-to-excellent, a slight improvement from last week’s 67%.

A slight percentage decrease in shrink can have a big impact on profitability.