There were minimal changes to the USDA’s national corn and soybean ratings last week. Weather was mixed for most of last week, with parts of the Midwest and Plains receiving precipitation, including damage storms in some areas, while others remained dry. As of Sunday, 51% of U.S. corn is rated good to excellent, up 1% on the week, with 8% of the crop silking, compared to the five-year average of […]
The USDA says scattered showers and thunderstorms stabilized crop conditions last week in Indiana. Fifty-two percent of the state’s corn crop and 53 percent of soybeans are rated good to excellent. Seven percent of the corn crop is silking, and 13 percent of soybeans are blooming. Winter wheat is rated 70 percent good to excellent with 90 percent of the crop mature and 36 percent harvested. The second cutting of […]
Despite the recent rains, Missouri’s corn, soybean and pasture conditions have declined in the last week. At the beginning of July, USDA says Missouri’s corn crop is rated 40% fair, with 21% of the corn silking, ahead of average. Missouri’s soybeans are rated 42% fair with 22% of the crop blooming and 2% of soybeans setting pods. Pasture conditions are rated 70% poor to very poor, a worsening of 2 […]
Crop conditions showed some improvement last week following widespread rain in Michigan. As of last Sunday, the USDA says 10 percent of soybeans are blooming with 30 percent in good to excellent condition while corn is rated at 33 percent. Dry beans are 85 percent emerged with the crop rated 55 percent good to excellent. Winter wheat condition dropped to 25 percent good to excellent with 22 percent mature. Sugarbeets […]
Some Iowa farmers received much-needed rain last week, which helped improve crop conditions. The USDA says as of Sunday corn condition improved to 61% good-to-excellent. Four percent of the crop is silking. Soybean condition improved to 53% good-to-excellent. Twenty-five percent of the crop is blooming, five days ahead of last year. USDA says some reports were received of farmers getting equipment ready to start the oat harvest soon. The state’s […]
There was spotty rainfall across Missouri in the last few days, but a farmer in north-central Missouri says his corn and soybeans could use additional moisture. Kyle Durham from Carroll County tells Brownfield the non-irrigated corn is starting to show drought stress. “We’re starting to see corn leaves rolling and starting to see a few leaves down around the bottom of those plants respond to the dryness,” he says. “The […]
The President of the Wisconsin Bankers Association says part of Wisconsin’s budget bill would improve farm and business lending. Rose Oswald Poels tells Brownfield the budget language would give banks a tax break if they make commercial or ag loans of five million dollars or less. “It would really give banks the ability to lower some of the borrowing costs for their small business and farm customers.” Poels says the […]
Dry conditions have Wisconsin farmers concerned about their crops. Steve Knoebel (kin NAY bull) farms near Helenville between Madison and Milwaukee, and he tells Brownfield his fields haven’t seen a drop of rain in more than three weeks. “It’s pretty critical now. We’re really getting to be, we really need some rain here pretty quick or these things are going to start going downhill fast.” Knoebel rates his corn and […]
The president and CEO of CountryMark says improvements could be made to the Renewable Fuel Standard as the nation aims to decarbonize the transportation sector. Matt Smorch tells Brownfield, “the Renewable Fuel Standard has done a great job of getting more renewable fuels into the energy mix and has been helpful in the ag community. We’re supporters of ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel and I think there are opportunities to […]
