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High commodity prices are fueling farmers' optimism as planters get rolling this spring, but in some areas the lack of rain this spring is making producers nervous as they plant into the dusty ground.

Midwestern row-crop producers should expect a not-too-hot-but-wetter growing season from June through August, according to a National Weather Service summer outlook.

Andrew LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association, discusses how seed companies are working towards securing the food system by making sure farmers, ranchers and gardeners have access to quality seed for the upcoming planting season.

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2017 – On the heels of a late snowfall devastating much of the Kansas winter wheat crop, the Department of Agriculture is projecting a 25 percent drop in U.S. production from a year ago.