August 12, 2024

A western Kansas farmer says corn is being challenged by a lack of moisture. Clay Schemm tells Brownfield… “I’ve been seeing a lot of fields of corn getting plowed under and they might go back in with wheat on,” he says. “We’ve got a few fields that corn got to a decent height, we even […] The post Heat and lack of moisture impacting corn in western Kansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Iowa farmers spent a mostly dry week harvesting oats, cutting and baling alfalfa, and preparing for fall harvest. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says the oat harvest is 93 percent complete, one day ahead of last year and four days ahead of the five-year average. The second cutting of alfalfa advanced to 97 percent, and […] The post Iowa farmers take advantage of dry week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. The USDA is projecting a record large U.S. soybean crop with an all-time high for yield and higher acreage numbers, along with larger new crop U.S. ending stocks. The USDA says 68% of the U.S. soybean crop is in good to excellent condition, unchanged, but with […] The post Soybeans down on record crop, yield estimates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

It was a mostly dry week for Arkansas farmers, with almost no rainfall but most crops are doing well. Twenty-seven percent of the corn is in excellent condition, with 52% in good and 17% in fair condition.  Ninety-five percent of the corn is in the dough stage, with 88% dented and 55% mature.  The corn […] The post Arkansas crops mostly good despite dry week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says corn is maturing nicely, and soybeans and cotton are steadily progressing, but more rain is needed. Crop conditions have improved across the board, but concerns remain about yield outlook and prices headed into harvest. Corn is rated 55 percent good to excellent, with 97 percent silking, 82 percent in the dough stage, […] The post Tennessee crop conditions have improved, but concerns remain appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Nebraska farmer says his crops are in good condition despite a lack of adequate moisture. Randy Uhrmacher tells Brownfield… “With the lack of rain we’ve had here lately that has helped dryland crops hang on a little longer,” he says. “It is time for rain for the non-irrigated, but the irrigated actually looks […] The post Nebraska corn, soybean conditions nearly unchanged appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

There’s a lot of variability in crop condition and development across Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai tells Brownfield recent rainfall patterns could make it even more pronounced. “Southern Minnesota and southwestern areas, a little more consistent than the southeast and the eastern side of the state. And as you well know […] The post Minnesota crop condition and development variable appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Kentucky had below-normal precipitation and temperatures last week. The state’s corn crop condition declined to 65 percent good to excellent.  Ninety-three percent of the crop is silking, 61 percent is in the dough stage and 37 percent has dented.  Soybean condition held steady again with 64 percent good to excellent, 80 percent blooming, 65 percent […] The post Corn condition declines in Kentucky, soybeans hold steady appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin’s crops are improving with the favorable weather. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says rain early last week stalled some field work, especially in central Wisconsin, but hay, small grain, and potato harvesting continued. Eighty-four percent of Wisconsin’s corn is now silking with 36% in the dough stage and 5% in the dent stage.  Sixty-three percent […] The post Wisconsin crops improving with favorable weather appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story