Crop Watch 2025: Corn Yield Threats
Several threats are impacting corn yields this season, including overly tight tassel wrap, Southern Rust and tar spot.
Unscripted: ‘Overly Tight Tassel Wrap’ Affecting Pollination?
Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal field agronomist, joins Tyne Morgan and Clinton Griffiths to shed light on crop conditions, particularly pollination issues.
Crop Condition News
See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of USDA’s Oct. 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports.
Strong winds at bad time diminish Nebraska corn crop
Weather phenomenon closely watched by commodities traders.
While early estimates point to derecho damage in Iowa impacting 10 million acres, some analysts say it may not be enough to make a large dent in the national corn supply scenario this year.
Meteorologist Cindi Clawson says her 30-day precipitation forecast shows moisture continuing to drop in, which is good news for crops during the heat of the growing season.
On-farm testing helps develop effective technology
Farmers along the Missouri River and its tributaries are bracing for more flooding the week. Heavy rainfall, combined with excess water from South Dakota, is a bad combination for a river that was already high.
The USDA announced today producers participating in federal crop insurance who have a payable prevented planting indemnity for 2019 will automatically receive an extra payment
USDA’s latest crop progress report is painting a grim picture for Kansas wheat this year with 13 percent rated good to excellent, and 44 percent is considered poor to very poor.
It’s a wet and soggy morning in Indiana as crop scouts there get Day 2 of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour underway.