Wheat harvest is moving along in Arkansas. The USDA reports as of Sunday 77% of corn, 77% of cotton, 83% of peanuts, and 66% of soybeans is rated good to excellent. The alfalfa hay crop is only 27 percent good to excellent. Some crop progress remains ahead of average with 64% of the corn crop silking, 54% of cotton is squaring, 23% of peanuts are pegging, 30% of soybeans are […]
Crop conditions improved slightly as Kentucky experienced below-normal temperatures and above-normal precipitation. Corn is rated 60% good to excellent with 8% of the crop silking. Soybeans are 93% planted, with 83% emerged, 8% blooming, and 66% rated good to excellent. Some of the late-planted soybeans that have missed recent rains have struggled to germinate. Winter wheat is 51% harvested. The tobacco crop is 94% set and 75% is rated good […]
Widespread rainfall helped improve soil moisture and revitalized drought-stressed crops. Corn is rated 73% good to excellent with 18% silking. Soybeans are rated 70% good to excellent with 92% planted, 83% of the crop emerged, and 24% blooming. Cotton is rated 75% good to excellent with 33% squaring and 6% setting bolls. Winter wheat harvest is 71% complete with 84% rated good to excellent. Pasture conditions made a significant jump […]
Crop growth started to show signs of delayed development in Michigan last week because of the dry weather. As of last Sunday, the USDA says just one percent of soybeans have started to bloom with 23 percent in good to excellent condition while corn is rated at 28 percent. Dry beans are 86 percent planted and 74 percent emerged with the crop rated 51 percent good to excellent. Winter wheat […]
The USDA says another week of warm and dry conditions added to a growing concern for Indiana’s corn and soybean crops. Both crop conditions decreased last week with 47 percent of corn and soybeans rated good to excellent. Three percent of the corn crop is silking, and four percent of soybeans are blooming. Winter wheat is rated 71 percent good to excellent with 82 percent of the crop mature and […]
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Parts of the Midwest got some rain over the weekend, but the precipitation missed some of the drier growing areas. The USDA says 51% of U.S. soybeans are in good to excellent condition, 3% lower than last week, with 96% of the crop emerged, compared to the five-year average of 89%, and 10% blooming, compared to 9% on average. While there could […]
Another round of mostly hot, dry weather last week had an impact on U.S. corn and soybean condition ratings. Parts of the Midwest and Plains did receive some rainfall this past weekend, but it missed some of the drier growing areas, and while there is some rain in the forecast this week, coverage and totals are uncertain. The USDA says 50% of U.S. corn is good to excellent, a decline […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed ahead of the week’s direct business. August live cattle closed $.17 lower at $170.50 and October live cattle closed $.47 lower at $174.02. August feeder cattle closed $.27 lower at $233.67 and September feeders closed $.20 lower at $237.50. It was a typically quiet Monday for direct cash cattle business. Showlists this week are lower across all major feeding […]
The Illinois Soybean Association, Specialty Soya Grains Alliance and World Initiative for Soy in Human Health is hosting trade teams from Cambodia and Myanmar this week. Shane Frederick with SSGA tells Brownfield the Fork to Farm event is an opportunity to connect people along the entire specialty soybean supply chain and answer questions from foreign buyers. He says they talked a lot about the growth of their Identity Preserved Assurance […]
