Fall is the time for pumpkins and Illinois is the pumpkin patch king. Todd Gleason has more on why the state is number one in pumpkin production.

It is highly unlikely farmers in the Midwest will complete all their fall fieldwork. And, as Todd Gleason reports, the experts say it would be a mistake to try to get it done even after the ground freezes.

The 2009 growing season has been plagued with a series of problems. And now, as producers wait impatiently to take corn out of the field, they're finding an unwelcomed surprise in corn after cornfields. Todd Gleason files this report on the mysterious lack of yield.

The commodity markets are, and have been, telling soybean farmers just to sell their crop across the scale this fall. Todd Gleason has some advice from University of Illinois Ag Economist Darrel Good on whether or not it would be worthwhile to by the crop back on paper.

Corn farmers are harvesting a very wet crop, and it's likely to stay that way. Todd Gleason files this report on the reasons why and how test weight varies with moisture content.

The wet late harvest will have an impact on the quality of the soybean crop. Todd Gleason has more from the University of Illinois.

The price of corn has rallied substantially in the last month and half. It means the sell or store signals have changed. Todd Gleason has more from the Urbana Champaign campus of the University of Illinois.

While many farmers have turned bullish the price of corn for fear the late harvest season will cause a sharp drop off in yield, that's not so likely. Todd Gleason has the story…