Planting progress picked up in parts of Minnesota last week. USDA’s latest crop progress report says corn planting reached 35 percent, compared to 94 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 72 percent. Soybean planting is 11 percent done, well behind last year’s pace of 85 percent and the usual pace of nearly 50 percent by mid-May. For small grains, wheat is five percent planted, barley is at […]
Record high temperatures and wind finally brought relief to farmers with wet fields. The USDA says winter wheat condition improved four points to 49 percent good to excellent with 79 percent of the crop was jointed. Sugarbeets were 94 percent planted along with 60 percent of oats, 31 percent of corn, and 32 percent of soybeans. A dramatic shift in the weather quickly pushed tree fruit into various forms of […]
Better weather helped Tennessee farmers play catchup on planting. Corn is 84% planted, with 48% emerged. Soybeans are 36% planted with 16% emerged. Cotton is 49% planted. Wheat conditions declined slightly, with 58% of the crop rated good to excellent and 92% is headed with 7% coloring. Pastures are rated 58% good to excellent. Topsoil moisture is 88% and subsoil moisture are 89% adequate to surplus. ...
Planting progress made large strides in Illinois last week with more than five days suitable for fieldwork thanks to unseasonably hot weather. USDA says 55 percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, with 40 percent of the crop going in the ground last week but still 29 percent behind last year. Thirteen percent of the crop has emerged, 43 percent behind last year. Thirty – eight percent of Illinois’ soybean […]
The USDA says warm and dry conditions helped spur planting progress in Ohio last week. Thirty-one percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, compared to 37 percent last year. Five percent of the crop has emerged. Eighteen percent of soybeans are planted, compared to the one-year average of 28 percent. Three percent of the crop has emerged. Winter wheat is rated 60 percent good to excellent. ...
Consumers report spending less money on food during April, according to the latest Purdue University Consumer Food Insights Report. Jayson Lusk, director for the Purdue Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability, tells Brownfield “total consumer spending on food actually fell a bit from last month. This is the first time we’ve noticed this since we started the survey at the first of the year and it does suggest perhaps […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed higher, and feeders were lower, watching corn and direct cash business. June live cattle closed $1.10 higher at $133.17 and August live cattle closed $1.55 higher at $133.90. August feeder cattle closed $.60 lower at $167.42 and September feeders closed $.62 lower at $170.05. It was a relatively quiet start to the week for direct cash cattle trade. There were a handful […]
Corn and soybean planting progress more than doubled in Missouri last week with more than five days suitable for fieldwork. USDA says 65 percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, less than 20 percent behind last year and the five – year average. Nearly a third of the crop has emerged, 27 percent behind last year. Nineteen percent of Missouri’s soybean crop is planted, 15 percent behind last year. Missouri […]
The USDA has authorized nearly $6 billion in disaster relief payments for producers who suffered crop losses in 2020 and 2021. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack shared details during a call with reporters on Monday. “This was part of the $10-billion package Congress passed providing additional emergency relief,” he says. “We anticipate and expect roughly 220,000 producers who had crop insurance losses and roughly 4,000 producers who had NAP coverage may […]
