The USDA says planting progress is inching forward in Indiana. Six percent of corn is planted, compared to the one-year average of 29 percent. Three percent of soybeans are planted, compared to 22 percent last year. Sixty-four percent of winter wheat is rated good to excellent. Topsoil moisture is 98 percent and subsoil moisture is 96 percent adequate to surplus. ...
Below-average temperatures along with drizzling conditions rounded out the last week in April for Michigan farmers. The USDA says winter wheat condition improved seven points to 45 percent good to excellent with 32 percent of the crop jointed, on pace with average. Sugarbeets were 16 percent planted along with 20 percent of oats, and some corn and soybean fields. Some fruit in the southwest is nearing bloom but near record […]
May corn closed at $8.13, down 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $16.74, down 34 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $442.90, up $2.40May soybean oil closed at 82.70, down 647 pointsMay wheat closed at $10.43 and 1/2, down 1/4 centJun. live cattle closed at $135.20, up $2.55June lean hogs closed at $104.97, down $1.40May Class III milk closed at $24.23, down 24 centsJun. ...
Bet weather continues to stymie corn and soybean planting in much of the Corn Belt. The USDA says 14% of U.S. corn is planted as of Sunday, compared to the five-year average of 33%, with 3% of the crop emerged, compared to 6% on average. 8% of soybeans have been planted, compared to 13% normally in early May. 27% of winter wheat is rated good to excellent, unchanged on the […]
Planting progress in Illinois was slow last week with only 3 days deemed suitable for field work. As of Sunday, the USDA reports 7% of corn is planted, up five percentage points from the week before, while 5% of soybeans are planted, up four percentage points. Fifty percent of corn and 38% of soybeans were in the ground at this time last year. Winter wheat conditions improved to 48% good […]
A Midwestern farmer being kept from planting because of constant rains isn’t quite ready to hit the panic button. “If we get held out another week, we’re going to be getting pretty nervous,” said Missouri Soybean Association President Matt Wright. Wright said he’s only had about a day and a half dry enough to plant. And he tells Brownfield it would only take two rainless days to get back in […]
A Midwestern farmer being kept from planting because of constant rains isn’t quite ready to hit the panic button. “If we get held out another week, we’re going to be getting pretty nervous,” said Missouri Soybean Association President Matt Wright. Wright said he’s only had about a day and a half dry enough to plant. And he tells Brownfield it would only take two rainless days to get back in […]
Thumb-area farmer Ashely Kennedy tells Brownfield farmers are still patiently waiting to get started on fieldwork. She says this time last year, sugarbeet growers in her area could already assess replant needs after an early start to the season. “Last weekend we finally had some sugarbeets going in whereas a year ago they were doing replanting of sugarbeets that didn’t come up or were frozen or has some other issue—it’s […]
The former U.S. Surgeon General is hopeful Purdue’s new rural healthcare initiatives will remove barriers. Jerome Adams, a presidential fellow at Purdue, says the university’s Health Equity Strategy promotes food for health. “One of our big pillars as I build out our health equity strategy at Purdue is food for health. When we talk about food for health, we’re talking about nutrition. How can we educate people so that they […]
