Corn
USDA progress ratings for corn, cotton, wheat, rice, sorghum and pasture for the week ending May 8.
USDA progress ratings for corn, cotton, wheat, rice, sorghum and pasture for the week ending May 1.
Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer gives the step-by-step process to this in-field procedure.
See this week’s USDA Crop Progress and Condition Rating reports.
Corn, cotton and grain sorghum condition all have the same percentages good and excellent as last week. Soybeans improved by two percentage points.
In just a couple of years, Nathan Garner will face a one-of-a-kind job interview. His father, along with three other senior farm partners, will ask him questions and decide if he will to help run Heglar Creek Farms.
Where does sorghum grow? Mainly, the southern plains, correct? Over the past two years, an Idaho farmer has won the contest for the highest sorghum yields.
National Reporter Betsy Jibben takes a look. Jibben talks with Justin Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; Dan Mensik of Morse Bluff, Nebraska; John Tyson of Blair, Nebraska and Tim Gregerson of Herman, Nebraska.
Famers across the U.S. are still talking about some commercials bashing corn syrup. Lots of people are talking about Bud Light ads that aired during the big game.
The battle over beer ingredients continues following the Bud Light commercials during the Super Bowl disparaging corn syrup.
As the U.S. administration continues to negotiate a trade deal with China, the prospect of a resolution looms larger for corn and soybean export potential in 2019.
USDA announced a new tariff aid plan that offers a single payment rate for all commodities.
Commodities are cheap compared to the recent rally in stocks. Analysts say they expect that to balance out at some point soon.
Listen to Andrew Hartshorn’s incredible journey to be becoming a farmer.
In spite of what we heard for months of sideways trading markets and media fear of being saddled long term by mountains of grains (especially corn), some real issues are surfacing.
Indigo Ag, Inc., is launching an on-farm storage program for U.S. farmers to enable identity preservation of corn, soybeans, cotton, wheat and rice.
New formed Local Seed Company says it will offer farmers a “direct-to-growers” option with a mission to provide custom crafted seed options delivered to the farm.
Soybeans seem to be stealing the limelight from corn, but it’s an easy thing to do when corn has been trading sideways for several months.
Report: Kansas corn production forecast down from last year
Here’s the latest from the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates:
For more than two decades, Commodity Classic has helped set the stage for the growing season. Farmers and presenters from across the country pour into one place with one goal in mind—to get ready for 2017. As attendance has grown, so has the event’s influence.
After a dicey planting season last year in Missouri, producers plan to return to their normal rotations by planting as many acres of corn and soybeans this year as they did two years ago.
Demand and increasing that demand both domestically and internationally may be the biggest topic of all among farmers this year. We discussed how to make that happen with the chief executives of each of the grain associations.
China drove a lot of the recent demand for sorghum, driving premiums as high as 20% above corn at times.
