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Following Thursday’s USDA reports, the market was full of action. Jerry Gulke says Friday was a wild trading day and that farmers are feeling the lure of $8 corn.
Be ready to pull out the rotary hoe and give struggling seedlings a little help emerging.
Growers need to consider what yields they can expect as planting stretches into June.
Corn and soybean stocks may be growing but average prices for new-crop corn and soybeans could be headed to all-time highs.
Several dry, 90-degree days were welcomed by farmers in central and northeast Missouri.
Wet weather in some areas and dry conditions in others are wrecking havoc on some farmer’s planting progress this spring.
Soggy soils and continued rain have kept corn planting nearly at a standstill as of May 1, and progress since then has been slight at best.
While planting dates are important, Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob Nielsen says plenty of other factors can influence crop yield.
While timely planting is important, the advantages of an earlier planting date can be lost if tillage and planting operations occur when the soil is too wet.
Demand for dietary energy in feed rations is pulling distillers’ grains into feed formulas in place of corn, but also displacing some soybean meal in the process.