Learn about an Iowa plot trial that is looking at the yield boosting potential of strip cropping corn and cover crops.

Dan Basse, president of Ag Resource Company in Chicago, says corn was pressured by the fast planting pace of 12% nationally and a slightly more open forecast for the next week or so.

Monday's crop progress report from the USDA showed corn, soybeans and spring wheat planting all pulling ahead of the pace at this time last year and the five-year average pace. The corn crop is now 12 ...