July 8, 2024

The winter wheat harvest in Kansas is nearing completion. USDA says as of Sunday the state’s harvest hit 92% completion, up from 80% last week and well above the 72% five-year average. The state’s corn crop is rated 65% good to excellent, up from 57% a week ago, though 47% is silking. Soybeans are rated […] The post Kansas Winter Wheat harvest ahead of pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Nebraska says his corn and soybean fields received about an inch and a half of rain over the weekend. Logan Bredemeier says the soaking helped the already strong performing crops ahead of an anticipated dry spell. “Oddly enough we could probably use a week or two maybe of some dry weather just to […] The post Weekend rains help Nebraska crops as dry conditions loom appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ohio farmers continue to battle dry weather conditions this summer.  According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 74 percent good to excellent with 15 percent silking. Soybeans are ​rated ​73 percent good to excellent, with 24 percent blooming. Winter wheat is ​88 percent harvested with a 77 […] The post Ohio crop conditions improve appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southern Indiana farmer says the challenging weather hasn’t slowed down his crops down. Ben Kron tells Brownfield the development stages of his corn vary. “We’ve got corn that we’re out actually spring, thunderstrike on right now and then we got corn that maybe knee high the 1st, the earlier planted corn, I think overall looks […] The post Indiana crops show development appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin farmers saw nearly a full week, 6 days, suitable for field work last week. The USDA’s latest weekly crop progress and condition report shows 51% of the state is battling surplus soil moisture issues. Sixty two percent of the corn crop is rated good to excellent condition, up one percent from last week. Soybeans […] The post Wisconsin farmers finally see mostly dry week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The National Weather Service says the flood risk is expected to be elevated through mid-week along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, in the Eastern Corn Belt and Delta region. Hydrologist Mark Fuchs with the National Weather Service in St. Louis says flooding along major rivers continue due to the heavy rains that fell in the […] The post Greater flood risk with Hurricane Beryl coming appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The soybean checkoff helps build demand. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council Vice Chairman Mark Lehenbauer of Hannibal, Missouri says it also builds profitability through production research. As a farmer leader, Lehenbauer has also seen what the checkoff does to build foreign demand. Learn more at mosoy.org and on the new Spotlight podcast for Missouri soybean farmers and their checkoff. The post Building Demand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Arkansas soybean crop is well ahead of schedule. The USDA’s latest weekly crop progress and condition report shows 58% of the crop is setting pods, well ahead of the five year average of 30%.  The crop is in good shape with 64% rated in good to excellent condition. Corn silking is at 94%, ahead […] The post Arkansas soybean crop ahead of schedule appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Abnormally wet conditions in parts of the Midwest could spawn some unusual symptoms in corn. University of Minnesota Extension integrated pest management specialist Bruce Potter says root rot crop diseases are common when field ponding occurs. “On corn we could see where things have been flooded, see some strange stuff show up. Things like crazy […] The post Wet conditions could result in unusual crop symptoms appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn and soybean conditions in South Dakota have declined slightly in the first week of July. USDA says South Dakota’s corn is starting to silk with conditions rated 72% good to excellent and the soybeans are rated 68% good to excellent, with 14% of the crop blooming. The sorghum in South Dakota is 10% headed, […] The post Crop conditions decline slightly in South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story