Crop Production
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.
Where did all of the European corn borers go? The “late-night-driving-down-country-lanes windshield moth test” should have been a clue that something was up.
There were no major surprises in USDA’s latest WASDE report. USDA didn’t adjust U.S. corn or soybean yields in the July report, but cotton abandonment shows the brutal reality of this year’s drought.