USDA crop condition ratings in Illinois have improved for the first time in several weeks, thanks to recent rains. The agency reports as of Sunday corn is rated 36% good to excellent, up from 26% the week before, and soybeans are rated 30% good to excellent, up from 25%. Winter wheat conditions also jumped from 70% to 77% good to excellent. Topsoil moisture supply is now considered 68% adequate to […]
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were modestly lower and feeders were modestly higher, getting ready for the week’s direct business. August live was down $.35 at $176.82 and October was $.22 lower at $179.32. August feeders were up $.32 at $247.90 and September was $.55 higher at $251.37. Direct cash cattle trade was very quiet on Monday. Bids and asking prices are not established as of yet, significant trade […]
Most crops in Tennessee are progressing quicker than average to start July. The USDA reports as of Sunday 51% of corn is silking, ahead of the five-year average of 46%, with 4% in the dough stage. The crop is rated 72% good to excellent. Cotton squaring reached 55% with 15% setting bolls, compared to 7% on average. Tennessee cotton is rated 64% good to excellent. 91% of soybeans have emerged […]
Corn has started silking in South Dakota. USDA says 1% of the crop is at that stage and corn condition is rated 49% good to excellent. Soybean conditions are rated 48% good to excellent with 13% of soybeans blooming and no pods setting yet. Winter wheat harvest is just getting started in South Dakota at 1% complete with the crop rated 46% poor to very poor. Spring wheat is 89% […]
Some areas of Nebraska received rain last week. The USDA says as of Sunday 49% of the state’s corn crop is in good to excellent shape. Three percent of the crop is silking. 43% of soybeans are rated good-to-excellent. Twenty percent of the crop is blooming. The state’s oat crop is rated 39% good to excellent. Eighty-three percent of the crop has headed. Pasture and range conditions are rated 40% […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
