September 3, 2024

Harvest is underway in Kentucky.  Corn harvest is 11% complete, with 80% of the crop in the dent stage and 50% mature.  Sixty-seven percent is rated good to excellent. Caleb Ragland farms in central Kentucky and says he’ll have a little later harvest this year. “Our potential is probably slightly below average, but I think we’ll […] The post Corn harvest in Kentucky is in full swing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn and soybean conditions were largely unchanged from week to week. According to USDA’s weekly conditions report, 48% of the crop is rated good to excellent, up slightly from last week. The USDA reports 36% of the crop is at the mature stage, with 96% in the dough stage and 76% in the dent stage. […] The post Kansas crop conditions largely unchanged as harvest approaches appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn continues to mature in Nebraska as farmers prepare for harvest. According to USDA’s weekly crop progress report, 23% of the state’s crop is mature, compared to 17% a week ago, with 67% of the crop reported as good to excellent. USDA says 93% of corn is in the dough stage and 74% at the […] The post Nebraska crops continue to improve ahead of harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, supported by stronger boxed beef.  Waiting for direct business to develop. October live cattle closed $.67 higher at $179.27 and December lives closed $1.30 higher at $178.85.  October feeder cattle closed $1.57 higher at $239.32 and November feeders closed $1.37 higher at $236.62.  Direct […] The post Cattle, hog futures higher to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Hot, dry conditions pushed crop development in Iowa last week. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says 61 percent of the corn crop has reached the dent stage, five days behind last year and one day off the five-year average. North Iowa farmer Brent Renner tells Brownfield it’s been an up and down growing season. “It […] The post Week of heat pushes Iowa crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Harvest is still several weeks away for many Minnesota farmers. Rob Tate grows corn and soybeans near Cannon Falls in the southeastern part of the state. “I don’t think we’re going to be starting quite as early as we did last year.” He tells Brownfield this time last year he had corn varieties that were […] The post Harvest still weeks away for Minnesota farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Drought conditions are spreading across Tennessee along with crop stress. USDA says corn condition is rated 44 percent good to excellent with 95 percent in the dough stage, 88 percent dented, 59 percent mature, and 16 percent harvested. Cotton in the state has 37 percent of bolls opening.  USDA says the crop is rated 32 […] The post Dry conditions push Tennessee corn harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Crops across Arkansas are continuing to do well as harvest rolls on. Ninety-three percent of the corn is mature and 58% of the corn has already been harvested.  As of Sunday, 24% of the corn is rated excellent, 53% good, and 20% fair. All of the cotton in Arkansas has been setting bolls, and 68% […] The post Arkansas crops doing well in the home stretch appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story