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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.
Meteorologist Mike Hoffman has a look at the new Root Zone Moisture map.
The U.S. Agriculture Department likely rated the U.S. winter wheat crop as 53% good to excellent, according to an average of estimates given by nine analysts in a Reuters survey ahead of a government report on Monday.
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.
President Biden is preparing to announce a $2.25T infrastructure plan on Wednesday. It’s aimed to fuel funding for America’s roads, waterways, broadband and the electric grid, but there’s also a focus on climate.
When David Monk, 78, lost the best yielding corn of his life to fire, he took the loss on the chin and remained a farmer grateful for his community.
An Illinois farmer had an important role in creating an exciting aspect of basketball. FarmWeekNow.com shares the story behind the invention of the breakaway rim, an invention that changed the game of basketball.
Hard late-March rains in Argentina have set the stage for smooth wheat and barley sowing, but the storms arrived too late to help corn and soy yields in areas that had been pounded by months of dry weather.
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.
Cotton futures edged lower in choppy trading on Monday, pressured by a firmer dollar, while expectations for a reduction to forecasts for planted acreage in a federal report due later this week put a floor under prices.