Crops
Global demand has been stable even as shrinking supplies have pushed prices to multiyear highs, but recent shortfalls in some U.S. exports are an example of how U.S. products are priced out of the market when costs soar.
Consider these strategies if your former plan isn’t an option.
Don’t let the excitement of getting in the field this spring provoke planting mistakes.
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.
Rising costs could lower fertilizer rates in 2022.
What really makes yield per acre? It’s not plant population—that’s merely one component.
This population of waterhemp is currently resistant to six herbicide groups and is now “activating detoxification genes before the herbicides can do harm,” says one researcher.
As an agriculture cooperative that provides a host of warehousing and logistics services in a highly time-sensitive industry.
Open slots and false bottoms are being created as farmers build strips for their spring planting pass.
Hurricane Ida ravaged Louisiana agriculture this fall. The hurricane brought as much as two feet of rain in some areas, as producers grappled with losses and aftermath as those in surrounding states stepped into help.
As the frantic pace of harvest winds down, we can reflect on another season of abundant effort.
USDA’s recent 10-year price projections showed economists expect crop prices to decline, and for analysts and economists digging into the numbers, sustainable aviation fuel was missing from expected soybean demand.
Major investments are bringing more products to the field.
“The answer to these questions is yes, maybe, sorta,” he says. “One of the things we do know is healthy plants handle stress better than unhealthy plants.”
The supply chain constraints are continuing to plague agriculture. As farmers work to make input decisions for the 2022 season, economists expect high input prices to persist through spring.
The Clemson EMC Calculator can help you with wet soybeans. With strips and anhydrous applications, focus on building a good seedbed for next spring.
When it comes to forage and cover crops, winter rye offers rock-star versatility that makes it easy to love.
EPA released an environmental impact evaluation of commonly used herbicides such as glyphosate and atrazine. The report released Nov. 12 has several ag groups frustrated, even questioning “the science” EPA used.
Make adjustments to your combine now to get more yield out of the field before more corn goes down and molds set in.
“We’re going to do it differently. We’re going to choose active ingredients we haven’t used before. We’re going to do different kinds of production activities,” says Allan Gray at Purdue University.
Public policy to reduce carbon emissions is fueling demand for bio-based fuels.
China is the kingpin customer of U.S. ag commodities while openly attempting to destroy America’s position atop the global ladder. Does the odd paradox portend feast or famine for U.S. farmers?
Just after USDA released the October report, U.S. Farm Report sat down with USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer to get his take on the numbers, as well as preview the possibilities in the November report.
Every hybrid has its own way of responding to environmental conditions
Adam Chappell’s farming operation is transformed, and the 41-year-old grower doesn’t mince words: It was all about the money.
David Hula is the king of corn. He continues to smash world corn records, making a repeat performance in 2019. The Charles City, Virginia farmer raked in a record yield of 616.20 bushels per acre yield.
Rick Clark farms butt-naked and reports savings of $670,000 per year on diesel, synthetic nitrogen, potash, lime, MAP, and chemistry.
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.
Is your soil lacking beneficial rhizobia? The right inoculant helps nitrogen fixation, but only if used correctly.
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.