Illinois corn planting is nearly wrapped up, soybeans are progressing. USDA says Illinois’ corn is rated 71 percent good to excellent. Nearly all of Illinois’ soybean crop is planted, ahead of the average. More than 90 percent of the crop has emerged, with it rated 66 percent good to excellent. Illinois’ winter wheat harvest is behind pace at nearly 20 percent. Wheat’s condition rating fell to 89 percent fair or […]
Little rain and heat headlined Iowa’s latest weekly crop update from USDA. Despite the lack of rainfall, topsoil moisture is rated 80 percent adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture is 74 percent adequate to surplus. Corn condition is 83 percent good to excellent, a drop of three percentage points on the week. Soybeans are 93 percent emerged, three days ahead of normal, with 80 percent of the crop considered good […]
Missouri’s crop progress picked up the pace last week. USDA says nearly all the state’s corn has emerged. The crop’s rating dropped some to 70 percent good to excellent. Eighty-five percent of Missouri’s soybean crop is planted, even with the average. Soybean emergence is 69 percent and the crop’s rating dropped slightly to 60 percent good to excellent. Missouri cotton squaring is progressing slowly at six percent. Rice is rated […]
The President of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says producers should learn from other producers to improve their own operations. Don Schiefelbein attended the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association Summer Tour Saturday near Clear Lake, Wisconsin. “It’s really nice to get among the grassroots and just to see the different techniques they’re using here. Some of the innovations in confinement cow-calf is I think a thing that’s going to take a bigger […]
Milk futures were mostly down and cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. June Class III milk was up $0.01 at $24.31. July closed down $0.29 at $23.27 and a loss of $0.93 over three trading days. August closed down $0.27 at $23.86. September was down $0.19 at $23.73. October through May contracts ranged from twenty-two cents lower in April to two cents higher in January. […]
There are concerns prolonged corn planting delays in parts of the Midwest could limit yield potential. Northwest Minnesota farmer Austen Germolus says they were unable to begin planting until the end of May, but recent heat is helping the crop catch up. “It was cold (this spring), the trees hadn’t even put leaves on (and) the ground was cold. And once (the weather) turned around, it turned around pretty fast. […]
Wisconsin farmers are nearly done with corn and soybean planting after a week of mostly-favorable weather. USDA reporters say there were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork, which many farmers took advantage of to finish planting or to cut hay. The first crop of alfalfa is 84% harvested, which is about a day behind average. Some farmers are starting to work on second-crop alfalfa. The all-hay condition is 82% good to […]
A hot and dry week helped farmers make progress in the fields, but now, rain is needed. Statewide, soybeans are 86% planted with 77% emerged; and 68% rated good to excellent. Cotton is 25% squaring, 1% setting bolls, and 58% rated good to excellent. Winter wheat is 43% harvested. Pastures are rated 51% good to excellent. The first cutting of hay is 87% complete. Topsoil moisture is 56% and subsoil […]
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. Near-term forecasts have less heat, but there’s still not much of a chance of rain in many areas. The USDA says 94% of U.S. soybeans are planted, compared to the five-year average of 93%, with 83% emerged, compared to 84% on average, and 68% of the crop rated good to excellent, down 2% on the week. A new COVID breakout in […]
