#Plant2025 for Success
You’ve weighed the agronomics and the economics — and now the planter is rolling. The decisions don’t stop, though. The weather changes plans, equipment breaks and pests pop up. Every step plays a role in the success of your planting season as well as the growing and harvest seasons to come.
USDA issued its first weekly Crop Progress report of the year Monday. USDA’s NASS showed winter wheat conditions are in line with trade expectations, as well as where the 2021 planting season has already started.
Compaction layers you create now could take a huge yield bite out of your 2022 corn crop.
Early April was met with some eagerness to plant, and as some areas see dry soils, planters have started to roll. From Kansas to Illinois, farmers sowed their first seeds of the 2021 growing season.
Join Mitchell Hora on a tour of Hora’s Washington, Iowa, farm. Hora, founder of Continuum Ag, will show some of his cover crops and field trials in progress.
Of 772 farmers surveyed, 522 said they wouldn’t change their crop mix, regardless of what they learned from the Prospective Plantings Report.
USDA chief economist Seth Meyer says leading into the report, USDA expected higher prices to incentive farmers to plant more acres this year, but the first survey-based report told a different story.
USDA’s Prospective Plantings report released Wednesday showed farmers intend to plant more acres overall, but fewer than what the trade expected. Here’s a breakdown of which states are seeing a shift in 2021 acres.
Iowa farmer Caleb Hamer says even though USDA’s acreage preview pointed to an increase in corn acres, he thinks his area may see a slight shift toward soybeans due to the agronomic impacts from the derecho last year.
The March 31 Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports are known for a surprise or two, as well as causing some price volatility.
A 45% rally in soybean prices in 11 months isn’t enough to convince some farmers to give up any corn acreage this spring. Farmers are increasingly opting for the yellow grain in the weeks before planting.
U.S. quarterly stock data from USDA has long been known to create waves in the market, but the recent reports have felt tsunami-like due to some unusually large and unexpected adjustments to previous numbers.
As the calendar flips to April this week, farmers are focused on spring weather forecasts. Meteorologist Mike Hoffman expects mild temperatures for much of the country, but the moisture situation is a mixed bag.
Corn needs N throughout the growing season. Plan now to make sure your crop is never lacking in it.
It’s not just the record prevent plant acres in North Dakota last year that will come into play in 2020, fall field work in 2020 also saw a record. And current seed sales show more corn acres in 2021.
Before you hook up the planter, consider these tips and recommendations that can help you think through the planting process and implement sound decisions.
While the market may look to bid for acres, Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie says some farmers are switching crop rotations—but their decision isn’t necessarily based on the futures price.
ICE cotton futures fell on Wednesday to the lowest in more than a month on a stronger dollar and expectations that rainfall in Texas would be beneficial for the natural fiber crop
Lingering impacts of the 2020 derecho could play into the 2021 acreage battle. An Iowa State agronomist says farmers could face more volunteer corn, and soybean herbicides may be the best option to control the issue.
Weather is always a factor in the commodity markets, but this year, weather could be an even bigger catalyst for higher or lower prices.
The acreage battle is tricky this year, with most estimates pointing to an increase in overall acres, there are some acres that can’t be switched. That’s as StoneX says farmers had a record fall applying fertilizer.
Farmers have much to consider weather-wise as they head out to plant this year, with drought covering more than half the country. And meteorologists fear the drought in the West may worsen.
Following 2020’s devastating derecho in Iowa, lingering drought and recent floods, agronomists remind producers to adjust their planting decisions accordingly.
The Pro Farmer survey revealed farmers plan to plant more acres, with total area planted to crops in the U.S. expected to rise to 319.4 million acres. That would be up nearly 3%, or 8.9 million acres, from 2020.
Can you cut your total nitrogen (N) rate if you put some on with the planter? The short answer—maybe but be careful.
This year could post the largest corn, soybean and wheat acreage since 2014. That’s according to Allendale’s annual, nationwide producer survey.
As planting ramps up for farmers across the country, we’ve put together a full day of content to help inform your decisions for the upcoming planting season.
Maximize your cover crop investment this spring.
Sorghum producers are enjoying strong demand once again. China’s purchases started to rebound in early 2020 and the demand story has been strong ever since.
As farmers spring into planting preparation, they are facing sticker shock on fertilizer prices, an issue some say could last through spring.