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FILE - Solar panels operate on a farm near homes Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Lancaster, Ky. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
FILE - A farmer harvests seed corn on July 29, 2025 near Albany, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
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Although we could see a reprieve later this week in the a rainless spell that's lasted a month, soil conditions in south central Wisconsin have become parched, and have now officially tipped into pre-drought status.Â
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Area farmers like Janesville's Doug Rebout say they are not immediately feeling the pain over soaring costs for diesel fuel and fertilizer. But if current prices don't fall off, Rebout predicting a 66% increase — an $80,000 jump overall — in his farm's diesel fuel costs in 2027.Â
Local farmers harvest corn for Maureen Hanasuka on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Her husband, longtime Milton-area farmer Harold Hanasuka, passed awa…
“This delay has put the crops a little behind in growth," said Jordan Schuler, regional crop educator for UW-Extension Rock County.
Corn is growing quickly in the Stateline Area thanks to hot weather and recent rains. The crops are recovering from a late planting season.
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As you might have noticed, we’re in a bona fide, mid-summer heat wave. But wait: It's not mid-summer. Not even close.
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A 175-acre swath of land on Janesville’s south side that for decades has housed part of a local pheasant farm could house a new, landmark development—one that would start with a hydroponic industrial greenhouse operation but later could include a swath of new homes and apartments, and several parcels geared for light- to medium-duty industry.