Month: July 2018

The latest update on dicamba injury to soybeans indicates that, as of July 15th, 1.1 million soybean acres were damaged nationwide. That compares to 2.5 million acres of dicamba-damaged soybeans reported at this point in 2017, [Read More…]

Michigan State University is offering a free-online course to help people learn about pollinators and how to help them. The program is open to the public and does not have an official enrollment structure. It [Read More…]

This month ground has been broken for the American Farm Museum and Educational Center near the Michigan/Ohio border. The center grew out of an idea for a farm toy museum after a family from Blissfield, [Read More…]

Mexico reportedly wants to reach a North American Free Trade Agreement by the end of August. Bloomberg reports that a modernized NAFTA would allow Mexico’s new president to focus on other priorities when he takes [Read More…]

Mike North with Commodity Risk Management Group says not all of the milk marketing news is bad, and says many farmers are still not using the tools that can add more than two dollars a [Read More…]

Wetland easements in Missouri’s driest counties can be cut and baled for livestock forage.  Landowners can apply to the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service to cut up to 50 percent of the grass in their [Read More…]

Most of Minnesota’s crops are in good to excellent condition, but there are a few areas struggling after getting more rain.  The USDA says portions of the state started to recover from flooded fields last [Read More…]

Many Wisconsin farmers were thankful to see a little rain last week to help their crops but many would like another good soaking rain. Fifty-three percent of Wisconsin’s corn has reached silking stage which is [Read More…]

Missouri crops are progressing faster than last year, but dry weather continues to harm them. Corn silking is 95 percent complete as of Sunday. The crop is rated only 35 percent good to excellent. Soybeans [Read More…]

Flood related nutrient loss and crop damage is a concern in the northern two thirds of Iowa, but subsoil moisture in the southern third of the state is less than 30 percent adequate to surplus. [Read More…]

The USDA reports corn silking in Illinois reached 97 percent as of Sunday with a third of the crop in the dough stage, which is ahead of last year. the crop is 82 percent good [Read More…]