A small grains breeder at the University of Illinois says results from this year’s Illinois Wheat Association annual winter wheat tour are encouraging. “No news is good news. We didn’t really see ...

Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.

The condition score for national winter wheat as of April 14 was at 329, which is down from 346 last year but higher than the five-year average of 318.2. The weather in the next few weeks will ...