Although many U.S. crop fields already have been harvested because of the drought, farmers still need to follow fly-free dates when planting wheat to avoid Hessian fly infestations in their winter ...

But some farmers could be planting a different crop this year. "Farmers tend to be eternal optimists when we look at every year in terms of the weather coming up," said Dave Nicolai, University of ...

Dwayne Gorder is a northeast South Dakota farmer dropping plans to plant wheat because of the calendar. His first planting near Estelline, South Dakota, was on May 10, 2022.

Argonia farmer’s wheat is rooted deeper after neighbors planted it in a time of need. ... Back in October, Debbie and Mike were planting wheat when she had a heart attack and passed away.