Weather - General
The dry soil conditions experienced recently over much of the Midwest may limit soybean yields.
Extremely dry weather followed by later-season rain has left some corn with husks shorter than their ears, portending reduced grain quality at harvest.
Staying ahead of these turbulent marketing times is not easy, but volatility equals the chance of great profits.
A derecho descended upon the Corn Belt last week, causing green snap and root lodging in corn fields across the area. However, agronomists and plant pathologists say that hope isn’t lost for the crop.
Wheat fields have suffered considerably from the abundant precipitation.
With only a few exceptions, flood soaked grain is not usable for feed or food.
Flood damage to winter wheat is starting to show up in parts of the Midwest, and in some cases sections of, or entire fields are likely to perish.
When hail damage occurs early in the season, yield loss many not directly be as detrimental as you first think.
The damage left by above-average rainfall is now showing up in wheat fields.
About half of Kansas—the nation’s top producer of winter wheat—is now suffering from severe or extreme drought, up from less than 20% two weeks earlier