The latest USDA report shows a quarter of the state's crops are in poor or very poor condition, largely because of the heavy rainfall over the last two months.

Heavy rains and flooding across much of the Midwest have left many corn and soybean fields saturated or flooded.

A multi-million dollar state investment will bring a major youth agriculture convention back to Indianapolis.

An average of 9 inches, more than twice the normal level of 4.2 inches, was measured last month at 200 recording stations across the state. As much as 18 inches of rain fell in parts of northern Indiana.