Dry weather continues to impact Nebraska’s winter wheat crop. The USDA says parts of the state did get some rain last week and soil moisture levels improved slightly, but most of the state remains short to very short. 51% of Nebraska’s winter wheat crop is in poor to very poor condition, unchanged on the week, with 37% now called fair, up 2%, 12% rated good, and none of the crop […]
Weather continues to be favorable for planting progress in Tennessee. David Nichols raises corn, soybeans, and wheat in the northwest corner of the state. “The single crop soybeans, we’re probably something in excess of 90% planted,” he says. “There are a lot of really early-April soybeans in our neck of the woods this time.” Statewide soybeans are 38% planted compared to 18% last year and the 5-year average of 16% […]
USDA says corn and soybean planting and emergence are ahead of average in Missouri. The latest crop progress report has corn planting is 92% complete, well-ahead of the five-year average of 56% complete. Corn emergence is 56% complete, almost double the pace of the five-year average. Missouri’s soybean planting is 50% complete with 21% of the crop emerged, compared to the five-year average of 2%. Cotton planting in the state […]
The USDA says another week of scattered rainfall and cooler temperatures slowed planting last week in Ohio. Eleven percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, six percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Two percent of the crop is emerged. Sixteen percent of soybeans are planted, 12 percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Two percent is emerged. Seventy-nine percent of oats are planted, and 49 percent are emerged. […]
Freezing, wet conditions continued to stall fieldwork in Michigan last week. As of Sunday, the USDA says sugarbeets are 85 percent planted and 30 percent emerged, ahead of last year and the five-year average. Soybeans are 15 percent planted and corn is six percent, both behind last year and average. Winter wheat condition maintained its 64 percent good to excellent rating with 42 percent jointed. Asparagus grower Nick Ooman tells […]
Illinois farmers blew past the halfway mark for corn and soybean planting last week. The USDA reports as of Sunday 73% of corn is planted, a jump from 40% the week before and well ahead of the five-year average of 46%. 17% of the crop has emerged. Soybean planting is 66% complete, up from 39% the week prior and 38 percentage points ahead of average. 14% of the crop has […]
The USDA says planting progress advanced despite cool temperatures last week in Indiana. Thirty-six percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, 16 percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Six percent of the crop is emerged. Thirty-three percent of soybeans are planted, 27 percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Five percent of the crop is emerged. Seventy-eight percent of the winter wheat crop is rated good to excellent. […]
An ag policy specialist says USDA’s new one-time market-based program for rice producers is a much-needed boost ahead of the next farm bill. Jamison Cruce, the senior director of government affairs with the U.S. Rice Federation, says the program will help rice farmers overcome their lowest production year on record in 30 years. “From the south and along the Gulf Coast, stagnant prices across the U.S. and high input costs […]
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. The trade was expecting the USDA to report a solid week-to-week increase in planting, even after rain in parts of the region last week. The USDA says 35% of U.S. soybeans are planted, compared to the five-year average of 21%, with 9% emerged, compared to 4% on average. There’s more rain in the forecast during this week for parts of the […]
