As of this week, the UDSA says 53 percent of Indiana corn is in good condition, with 20 percent considered excellent -- both slightly above the 2015 national average.

Indiana's soybeans are only 15 percent planted as of this week, less than half their normal progress despite a recent surge in prices.

Hoosier farmers didn't make much progress planting corn in the past week, after a strong early start -- and they're running out of time to get the state's signature crop in the ground.

American farmers may plant more corn this summer than they have in years, but China's announcement could drive down prices.

Scientists at Purdue University say they've found a corn disease not previously found in the U.S. in plant samples from a field in north-central Indiana.