Corn
With the USDA predicting an average corn yield of 173.4 bpa and 51.4 bpa for soybeans this fall, some farmers in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota are wishing they have more bin spacing.
Closing market commentary from Pro Farmer Editors.
Eastern Iowa is well into harvest but some pockets are waiting for fields to dry and high water to go down after torrential rains hit the upper Midwest two weeks ago.
One of the more intriguing age-old farming myths is that on a quiet moonlit night, you could go out to your cornfield and hear the crop literally growing. Turns out that’s not true – at least not exactly.
Corn and soybean prices reached their height in 2012 but have since plunged, resulting in a 42 percent drop in farm income.
Farmers say herbicide-resistant weeds are a growing problem, costing time, money and management.
Crop experts say the recent heat and humidity that has hit Illinois is ideal for the state’s soybean and corn crops.
Tornadoes and high winds swept through Indiana on Wednesday, damaging buildings and crops.
There’s little argument that Indiana corn farmers have been in a bit of a slump. The Hoosier State saw corn yields clock in at 150 bu. per acre in 2015, with the three-year average slightly above that at 155 bu. per acre. But is the state capable of higher yields in 2016?