Crop Production
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Brad and Lisa Dircks’ farm in Lowden, Iowa was flattened by the derecho last week. This week, scouts on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour will gauge the scope of damage, wading through fields across eastern Iowa.
Register for the “View from the Field: A Preview of the 2021 Pro Farmer Crop Tour” webinar which takes place Thursday, July 15 at 3 p.m. central.
As scouts prepare to hit the fields across seven states, our team of experts gathers to frame expectations ahead of this annual August ritual.
You have the opportunity to attend Pro Farmer Crop Tour nightly meetings in person or watch the nightly broadcast online this year.
Iowa’s corn yield estimate dropped by about five bu. per acre compared to 2019, soybean pods per 3X3 square barely squeaked ahead of 2019 by 40 pods.
Heat and drought aren’t the only issue farmers in drought-stricken areas are dealing with. Grasshoppers are also destroying pastures and crops. Producers say it’s finishing off what’s left of an already dire crop.
The 2021 Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College kicks off this week and will take a deep dive into everything from cover crops and nutrient management and regulation, to create an environment for high-yield soybeans.
Disease pressure is building in parts of Illinois. Also, check out the agenda and register for Farm Journal Corn & Soybean College, set for Aug. 3-4.
It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology as other application equipment. Let’s take a look at some of the common myths about spinner spreaders.
Ongoing litigation contributed to the company’s decision. However, farmers and retailers will continue to have access to glyphosate for weed control, company officials say.
The opportunity to be in the black this year has many farmers stretching their financial legs and budgets. If the family is going to spend money, make sure it’s on products and services that will pay the farm back
USDA shows only 9% of the spring wheat crop is rated good to excellent. 66% is rated poor to very poor. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey says you have to go back to 1988 to find a spring wheat crop rated this poor.
The lessons of perseverance, hard work, repetition and team-focused collaboration all started and have since been honed into a sharpened point, in part, thanks to my time in FFA.
Ready for a laugh? Australian farmer San Heagney recently shared a video about things you’ll never hear farmers say.
As smoke covers much of the Midwest, it’s providing a layer of protection from high heat in areas like eastern North Dakota. One agronomist says some of the crops in the central and western parts are already fried.
Farmers across South Dakota and eastern Iowa are breathing a sigh of relief into the weekend. That’s after rains hit parched crops, relieving some major crop stress for now.
Phillip Tomlinson’s farm is everything—and nothing: “I do everything I can to take risk off the table...but I’m driven by an eternal perspective, otherwise my life was only as good as my farm or last crop.”
Heat and dry conditions aren’t helping the wildfire situation in the West. Right now, 67 large fires are burning across the U.S., scorching nearly 918,000 acres in 12 states.
California growers are speaking up about what the drought and water shortages mean for agriculture, California and the U.S. As crops are demolished and trees die, growers say farm workers are also out of work.
Traders liked what they saw in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released Monday from USDA. Joe Vaclavik and Ben Brown break down the key takeaways from Monday’s report.
Less than two weeks after USDA issued an updated June Acreage Report, which revealed fewer planted acres than expected, USDA says it still expects larger corn supplies and an uptick in ending stocks.
As record heat continues to blast the West, the Northwest Cherry Growers said the heat will force some growers to abandon a portion of their crop due to the damage. It’s also forcing farm workers to harvest at night.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says unfavorable weather means everything from barley to spring and durum wheat are getting scorched this year. Crop condition ratings continue to tumble as dryness and heat persist.
Corn harvesting in Argentina advanced by 3.4 points to reach 56% of planted area, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in a report on Thursday, keeping its crop estimate unchanged at 48 million tonnes for 2020/2021.
As June closed on a wetter note for portions of the Midwest, three agricultural meteorologists forecast July, indicating continued rains for the corn crop in some areas, but drastic drought areas growing even drier.
USDA’s weekly Crop Progress Report shows the U.S. corn crop is rated 64% good to excellent, the same as a week ago but off by 7 percentage points versus 2020. Soybean ratings nationally declined, but only by 1 point.
Farmers commonly focus their attention on conservation planning by thinking through issues that deal with nutrient management or soil health. Water quality considerations dovetail with many of these planning activities.
Wet weather forecasts across the Midwest caused commodity prices to tank Tuesday, with soybean oil and corn hitting the daily limits lower. Much of the Midwest is forecast to receive rain at key pollination time.
As Tropical Storm Elsa neared landfall Wednesday, Meteorologist Eric Snodgrass says the early start to the hurricane season may be a strong sign of an active hurricane season ahead.