Corn
WTI oil prices crossed the $90 mark last week for the first time since 2014. Strong oil prices typically translate into strong demand for corn ethanol, but some analysts warn electric vehicles may put that on a detour.
If you normally use starter fertilizer, keep using it, advises Ken Ferrie. “Five gallons of 10-34-O will give you a bigger kick than 300 pounds of broadcast DAP, due to placement and timing,” he says.
Evaluate cropping choices on physical, natural and human factors.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will use $732 million in federal infrastructure funding to modernize a lock and dam on the Upper Mississippi River crucial for shipping grain and soybeans to export markets.
Despite many challenges in 2021, U.S. corn and soybean yields topped those of 2020.
The story of a once-in-a-lifetime Indian pot’s stunning find on an agriculture operation, unlikely survival, and incredible contents provides an extremely rare window to the past.
The report found nitrogen accounts for more than 50% of fertilizer costs for a corn producer at $117 per acre.
USDA made slight adjustments to the final 2021 corn-production estimate, but not due to a change in yield. USDA reported a slightly higher national soybean yield. The agency also revised demand in WASDE on Wednesday.
Understanding the where and how of herbicide active ingredients can help you address weeds and manage your budget more effectively.
Nearby corn futures pushed past the $6 mark this week, and for farmers who have unpriced grain in the bin, the markets may have felt like an early Christmas gift. Analysts say there’s one factor that propelled prices.
Most years you won’t see fall anhydrous applications kick-in and help your corn crop until around V6 or V8 when the corn is about knee-high, says Ken Ferrie. This week’s podcast offers some recommendations.
From increased input prices, to a dimmer outlook on corn export demand, analysts say there are a multitude of factors driving the outlook into the new year. Analysts weigh in on their price picture projections for 2022.
In 2020, this segment of the food industry grew by over 10%. In fact, the growth over the past decade has been 10% compounded annually. Should you have a part in the growing trend?
What really makes yield per acre? It’s not plant population — that’s merely one component, as we were reminded of in 2021.
EPA’s RFS Announcement This Week Unleashed a Mix of Support and Questions; Here’s What to Watch Next
After months of waiting on the Biden administration’s plans for the RFS and pending waivers, EPA released updated blending requirements earlier this week. The announcement also came with plans for financial relief.
What really makes yield per acre? It’s not plant population—that’s merely one component.
In 2007, Casey Kimbrell pulled the handbrake on life, questioned the fundamentals of agriculture, and determined to topple the assumed pillar of farm function—debt.
Open slots and false bottoms are being created as farmers build strips for their spring planting pass.
Major investments are bringing more products to the field.
The White House announced Tuesday it’s tapping into oil reserves in an effort to help relieve the rising prices at the pump. But could the decision drive oil prices higher and impact corn prices? Analysts weigh in.
“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 Clemson EMC Calculator can help you with wet soybeans. With strips and anhydrous applications, focus on building a good seedbed for next spring.
Make adjustments to your combine now to get more yield out of the field before more corn goes down and molds set in.
Pro Farmer’s Jim Wiesemeyer reports EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the biofuels blending requirements won’t favor oil or agriculture, comments that lead to more chatter a RFS announcement may finally be coming.
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.
Don’t get caught leasing ground with poor soil pH and too-low nutrient levels.
Never is the human environment more significant than when you begin cover cropping, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie.