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USDA’s 2023 Prospective Plantings report released March 31 shows farmers intend to plant significantly more corn acres in 2023. At nearly 92 million acres, that’s a jump of 3.42 million acres from last year.
Grains End Mostly Higher on USDA’s Bullish Stocks and Soybean Acres, While Corn and Wheat Acres Rise
Grains close mostly higher after USDA Reports, where do prices go from here? Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions has report analysis and price projections, plus talks about new highs in cattle.
According to USDA, this funding was made available to help struggling rural communities “recover economically” and offer more market opportunities, improve infrastructure and protect farmland.
USDA’s Quarterly Grains Stocks were the bullish story for corn and beans overshadowing the larger corn acreage at 92 million. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net has analysis.
Grains 2-sided of quarter and before the reports but what was the market already telling us about the UDSA numbers? Cattle hit more contract highs with higher cash, can it keep going? Darin Newsom, Barchart.
More ears at harvest is the key to higher yield. That requires starting with a picket-fence stand with photocopied plants, achieved by adjusting your planter as conditions change from field to field and within fields.
Odds are rising there will be no new farm bill this year unless some of the volatile remarks and issues that surfaced at a Thursday hearing can be resolved.
Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how to fix the problems in the future.
Corn yield results not from the number of plants in a field but rather the number of ears. Commit to season-long scouting and consider these tips for evaluating ear development.