Crops
The 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour kicks off Monday, August 22 in South Dakota and Ohio. As scouts gather thousands of samples across the Midwest throughout the week, traders and market analysts are watching closely.
The No. 1 yield-robbing pest in soybeans might be one you don’t even realize you have in your fields.
Gone. A glaring story of soil loss, set against an alarming background of buffalo bones and the Dust Bowl, is a signpost account of cost and consequence, with relevance for the entire farming industry.
Dennis Schneider was engulfed and trapped in his grain bin in 2015. Without the proper grain bin rescue equipment, local fire departments acted swiftly, utilizing a 5-gallon bucket to help save Schneider’s life.
Here’s how you can follow along and analyze real-time results from the 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour.
Farm Journal Test Plot data shows an earlier harvest can reap up to 15 bu.
Farmers across the United States are successfully implementing edge of field practices to better manage water and reduce nutrient and sediment loss from their fields.
From a train derailment outside Hereford, Texas, to growing concerns about a possible labor strike in mid-September, rail delays have been a severe pain point for the grain users and shippers all year.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour’s data-gathering methods are disciplined and produce consistent results.
A few areas of the country were expected to see some rain this week. What’s the weather doing on your farm? Share your Crop Comments!
AgDay launched in 1982 by satellite on a handful of local affiliates. Today, viewers watch the agriculture news program on 121 affiliate stations and RFD-TV, reaching more than 53 million viewers each year.
You have the opportunity to attend Pro Farmer Crop Tour nightly meeting or watch a brief broadcast online this year.
Corn production is down 5% from last year, forecast at 14.4 billion bushels; soybean growers are expected to increase their production 2% from 2021, forecast at 4.53 billion bushels,
The best analysis of this year’s data will be to compare state-by-state results to past Pro Farmer Crop Tour data, with close attention to the percentage changes.
The Great Spaghetti Tree Hoax is an outrageous agriculture prank for the ages, masterfully executed as fake news by the media and ravenously swallowed by the public. Welcome to madness on a bogus farm.
The 2022 Pro Farmer Crop Tour will be sweeping the Midwest soon. We spoke with a handful of master crop scouts to get a preview of what to expect on each leg of the tour.
It’s time to make a plan. Projections show you will face higher costs and lower returns for 2023. See if Margin Protection crop insurance can help you manage risk.
Understand the conditions that make this disease endanger yield.
The goal of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour is to get a strong, objective view of corn yield potential across the Corn Belt during the third full week of August.
Less than a week after the first shipment of grain left Ukraine, three more ships departed Friday. Grain analysts are still concerned about not only how much grain will be exported, but if the ships will safely return.
Iowa started off the season with historically high crop ratings but conditions have recently dropped with the recent heat and dryness and that may have taken the top end off yields.
Crop conditions in Nebraska dropped three-percent for both corn and soybeans last week and are likely to drop even more after this week’s extreme heat and dryness.
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday, touching a six-month low with traders saying that newly harvested supplies were able to meet the current global demand.
Release the rat reapers. Joseph Carter operates the most unique farm pest control service on the planet, ridding farms of rats by deploying mink—rodent slayers extraordinaire.
The growing season has been far from perfect, but a northeast pocket in the Corn Belt just might be the garden spot for corn thanks to strong stands and a steady stream of rain in July.
Steven Ebeling admits farming in West Texas is never easy, but 2022 has been a brutal blow with the majority of the dryland acres already counted as a total loss, and irrigated acres are now struggling to survive.
U.S. estimates show global wheat levels are stockpiled at 33% of annual consumption. Gro Intelligence says the world’s numerous economic crises prove government estimates are “not adding up.”
It’s no secret that the world is struggling – in more ways than one. With rising prices and pressing environmental issues, it’s easy to question if solutions are possible.
U.S. soybean meal has had a steady hand on the wheel of demand for many years, with oil riding shotgun. But it’s a new day — oil’s in the driver’s seat, offering new routes to farmers.
Extreme drought conditions have plagued the West, northern Plains and parts of the Midwest this growing season, which is the ideal environment for the jumping insect.