Crop Production
Comparing early-August greenness to the average reflects a fairly ‘average’ situation for much of the Corn Belt.
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Showers and thunderstorms are expected to precede and accompany these fronts.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index dipped just 0.5 points over the past week, signaling rains stabilized the crop.
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The Midwest is enjoying a reprieve from recent heat.
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Today, spotty showers stretch from the Missouri Valley into the Ohio Valley.
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Another disturbance is expected to bring rain to the Corn Belt next week, but just light showers are expected for the northern High Plains.
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Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows ratings improved across most major corn producing states.
Cool temps are expected to prevail in most areas from the Plains eastward.
Cool, dry conditions are expected for the area this weekend.
Cool air is expected to move into the region next week.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index reflects notable improvement with Kansas’ crop over the past week.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index shows Kansas led the decline in ratings after the recent wintry blast.
Improvement in Kansas helped push the HRW wheat crop rating up nearly 6.7 points.
Our weighted Crop Condition Index reflects deterioration with both the SRW and HRW wheat crop.
But scouts noted a high degree of uncertainty due to the recent snow storm in western areas of the state.
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Illinois farmers can predict how much nitrogen loss they might prevent using a cover crop such as cereal rye—and also assess field conditions to manage covers alongside cash crops such as corn and soybeans.
Iowa’s damaged on-farm grain bins might take through 2022 to rebuild.
Following a three year decline, it appears farmland values may be stabilizing in 2018.