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Tom Corcoran, the sumbi#@% farmer, has paid the price of admission and turned formulaic agriculture on its head.
The war in Ukraine will dictate food prices, according to Vilsack: “We don’t really know what the impact is going to be on Ukraine’s crop this year, or what it’s going to look like in terms of exportability.”
Availability could be a challenge this season. If you can only make one application, pull the trigger between tassel and R3 in corn and between R2 and R3 in soybeans, advises Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist.
Running a high-speed disk with gang angles can put in compaction layers if soil is too wet. Same thing can happen with wheel tracks from vertical tillage. Make a soil ribbon to evaluate conditions and guide decisions.
Weather conditions can guide planting conditions. The calendar plays a role, too. Watch the brief video on soybean maturities and why night length is so important to the flowering process.
Commodity prices won’t grow less volatile over the next several months. So, what’s a potential game plan for locking in feed prices? Friday’s market action may be one example of what producers can do to manage risk.
For 2022, USDA are expecting more soybean acres than corn. That’s according to the 2022 Prospective Plantings report released on March 31.
Here’s one way to know whether you work with a reputable seed company. Along with that, it’s time to put out lures and traps for various pests, including wireworms, armyworms and voles.
Spring is officially here – and planting intentions are all the buzz. Here’s seven different acreage estimates for corn, soybeans and wheat.
Farm commodity prices, production costs and consumer food prices are higher than would have been expected a few months ago, according to the 2022 U.S. Baseline Outlook report by FAPRI.