Harvest
While Michigan’s harvest is 10 percentage points behind average pace, yields aren’t lagging.
After a three-week hiatus, USDA returned this week with its weekly Crop Progress and Condition Rating reports.
Manhattan, Ill., farmer Dave Kestel says while yields are still impressive, they would have been extraordinary if they would have just caught one of those summer rains.
Ideal growing conditions this summer led to higher-than-normal yields for most crops, according to Statistics Canada.
The first named winter storm of 2013-14 was a memorable one for the northern High Plains.
Here’s one unique perspective from the world of social media.
This is quite a change from 2012 when Mother Nature didn’t hand Michigan apple producers any favors.
Don’t let those fields sit idle. Use harvest as an excuse to improve your land for future use.
Here’s the advice Mark Gold of Top Third Ag Marketing gave farmers at 2013 Corn College in Coldwater, Mich. He spoke with Farm Journal Radio’s Pam Fretwell.
High wheat yields begin with a solid foundation coupled with a sound understanding of what needs to be accomplished throughout the growing season.