Month: June 2024

U.S. corn and soybean condition ratings declined slightly in the last week. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn conditions are rated 72% good to excellent, a decline of 2 points from the previous week, [Read More…]

After battling wet weather this planting season, the forecast is expected to turn hot and dry this week. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, ​97 percent of corn has [Read More…]

Excessive moisture continues to hinder spring fieldwork in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are 97 percent adequate to surplus. Soybean planting is 94 percent complete, four days behind [Read More…]

Dry weather last week helped finish corn crop planting in Ohio. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, ​94 percent of the corn crop has emerged. Soybeans are ​95 percent [Read More…]

Corn and soybean planting is wrapping up across Iowa. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says there were more than five days suitable for fieldwork last week, allowing farmers to finish planting, replant, cut hay, and [Read More…]

A director with the American Soybean Association Board of Directors says farmers are working with industry partners to highlight the important role pollinators play in agriculture.   Brandon Wipf says June is National Pollinator Month.  “We are interested in advancing the [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, widespread, locally severe thunderstorms have erupted across the upper Midwest, with some of the heaviest rain falling from the middle Missouri Valley into the upper Mississippi Valley.  In contrast, hot, mostly [Read More…]

Applications for the Iowa-Missouri Grassroots Fellowship are open until July 15. Missouri Soybeans Outreach Director Baylee Asbury says the chosen applicants can spend the next several months participating in farm-related activities, such as working directly with [Read More…]

An ag lawyer says a ruling earlier this year reinforces the benefit of the Indiana Grain Indemnity Program for the state’s farmers.   Brianna Schroeder, from Janzen Schroeder Ag Law says the fund is supported by voluntary farmer [Read More…]

Starting this week, Minnesota’s Board of Animal Health is requiring lactating dairy cattle to have negative Influenza A Test before going to fairs and exhibitions. Ag Commissioner Thom Peterson says “a lot of times in [Read More…]