Corn
Most years you won’t see fall anhydrous applications kick-in and help your corn crop until around V6 or V8 when the corn is about knee-high, says Ken Ferrie. This week’s podcast offers some recommendations.
From increased input prices, to a dimmer outlook on corn export demand, analysts say there are a multitude of factors driving the outlook into the new year. Analysts weigh in on their price picture projections for 2022.
Everybody seems to be talking about cover crops. Rightfully so because, managed correctly, they can provide environmental benefits. Higher yield? Well, maybe, but probably not, at least in the near term.
What really makes yield per acre? It’s not plant population — that’s merely one component, as we were reminded of in 2021.
The latest CPI shows drivers are seeing motor fuel prices up 58% at the pump compared to a year ago. In total, the new data released Friday shows U.S. inflation jumped 6.8% last month, the fastest rate in 39 years.
Most of the report’s focus was on wheat; USDA made little change to corn and soybeans for both domestic and South American production.
Consider these strategies if your former plan isn’t an option.
Commodity markets were on a rollercoaster ride this week, with a sharp drop to end November and then a recovery to end the first few days of December. Analysts say that volatility might just be getting started.
What really makes yield per acre? It’s not plant population—that’s merely one component.
Open slots and false bottoms are being created as farmers build strips for their spring planting pass.
The Clemson EMC Calculator can help you with wet soybeans. With strips and anhydrous applications, focus on building a good seedbed for next spring.
Make adjustments to your combine now to get more yield out of the field before more corn goes down and molds set in.
In the spring of 1975, Ed Hain rolled the dice and planted several six-row strips of corn and soybeans, kicking off 15-year average of roughly 50 extra bushels of corn yield per acre.
In 2017, Bob Recker kicked open the door on 60” row corn, and exposed a ton of questions on sunlight capture, weed suppression, cover crops, and much more.
Some Illinois farmers are combining corn with fins and scales this fall. No, that’s not a fish story.
On Thursday, AgriTalk celebrated “A Day of Ethanol.” A host of guests chimed in on how the industry contributes to the country’s economy and energy security as well as plays a role in addressing climate challenges.
In some instances, the speed of the combine and the speed of the header in combination are resulting in too much corn going out the back of the machine.
Harvesting and storing high-moisture corn can help producers get a jump on harvest; avoid drying costs; and put up a highly palatable, digestible, nutritious feedstuff.
There doesn’t appear to be much price relief on the horizon. Product availability could be limited as well, based on what China and Europe are experiencing.
Despite slowdowns in the export sales picture, actual exports are still running 26% ahead of the same time period last year, and with higher commodity prices, bulk export values are up 60%. USDA says that’s led by corn.
Ahead of USDA’s October reports next week, debate continued on just how big of a U.S. corn crop is being harvested right now. University of Illinois economists weighed in during the U.S. Farm Report College Roadshow.
Bayer is evaluating its legal options after Mexican health regulators for the first time rejected a GMO corn permit it was seeking, blasting the decision as “unscientific.”
Chris Edgington, a row-crop farmer based near St. Ansgar, shares his perspective on what drives most U.S. producers today.
An open letter to farmers from an Illinois farmer makes waves on social media.
University of Illinois gained ground in unearthing genetic code sequencing in non-target-site herbicide resistance.
Since 2008 Pro Farmer has designated veteran scouts on Crop Tour as Master Scouts.
A theme during the 2021 Pro Farmer Crop Tour, which ran Aug. 16-19, was record ear counts as scouts pulled samples in seven states.
The right timing of nitrogen aplications are important, but K-State’s Chuck Rice is digging deeper to learn how to reduce nitrogen losses by 50%, an impact that’s both economically and environmentally sound.
Plant health is making serious contributions to crop-yield outcomes this year. In some cases, the thanks is due to hybrid genetics while in others, timely fungicide applications paid for themselves.
The disease is shutting down corn crop growth prematurely in parts of Illinois, especially in fields with D hybrids. You may need to harvest those fields sooner than later.