South Dakota farmers made little planting progress last week, but are still running behind the average pace. The USDA says four percent of the state’s corn is planted, 22 percent behind last year and 13 percent behind the five-year average. Only one percent of soybeans have been planted, running seven percent behind last year and near four percent average. Forty-eight percent of the spring wheat is planted with 12 percent […]
Many ag economists believe the farm economy to be shrouded in uncertainty. One of them is Pauline Van Nurden with the University of Minnesota. “We certainly have good crop prices, (but) the question is ‘how much have farms prepaid? And what inputs do they have locked in?’ Feed prices aren’t going to go down for our livestock producers. So I think there’s a lot of uncertainty.” She tells Brownfield marketing […]
The drought in Kansas mostly held steady last week allowing for widespread planting. The latest crop progress and condition report from USDA says winter wheat fell to 25 percent good-to-excellent. Sixty-seven percent of the crop has jointed, 10 percent has headed. Thirty-five percent of corn is planted with eight percent of the crop emerged. Soybeans planted reached 11 percent last week, ahead of 10 percent from last year. Sorghum planting […]
Planting pace is picking up for Tennessee farmers. Corn is 42% planted, 21% behind last year’s pace and 13% behind the 5-year average. Ten percent of the crop has emerged. Soybeans are 9% planted slightly behind last year’s pace and the 5-year average. Cotton is 3% planted. Wheat conditions across much of the state are mostly good with 69% of the crop rated good to excellent and 94% is jointed […]
A northcentral Wisconsin farmer says it will be a while before he can get in the fields. Ryan Klussendorf tells Brownfield, “The seed is tucked away in the shed. The equipment is still getting worked on because you can’t get in the field. It’s too cold, too wet.” Klussendorf operates a 120-cow dairy farm near Medford in Taylor County, and he says their heavy clay soils are still cold and […]
Corn planting is behind in Iowa. The latest USDA crop progress report says at just nine percent, this year’s pace trails 2021 by 11 days and the five-year average by nine days. Four percent of the soybean crop is planted, nine days behind a year ago and five days slower than normal. Farmers in the western third of Iowa are the furthest along. Oat planting is at 63 percent with […]
Planting pace in Arkansas is picking up steam. Sixty-two percent of the corn crop has been planted, still running behind both last year and the 5-year average. Sixty-two percent is rated good to excellent. Thirty-two percent of the crop has emerged. Rice planting is 40% complete, 20% behind last year, and 19% behind the 5-year average. Thirteen percent of the crop has emerged. Soybeans are 23% planted, behind last year […]
Most Wisconsin farmers are still waiting for better weather and soil conditions before planting crops. USDA reporters say less than three days were suitable for fieldwork last week, and cool, wet weather continued to keep machinery parked. Rainfall last week ranged from three-tenths of an inch from Madison north-east into the Fox Valley to more than an inch south of Milwaukee and in parts of Polk and Burnett counties in […]
The latest crop progress and condition report from USDA says 28 percent of Nebraska’s crop is in, nine percent behind last year. The state remains severely dry but did improve on the week with topsoil moisture 31 percent adequate-to-surplus and subsoil moisture is 34 percent adequate-to-surplus. Soybean planting is near last year’s market at 19 percent complete. Winter wheat is rated 39 percent poor to very poor and 25 percent […]
