Month: September 2024

Missouri farmers are making good harvest progress with a warmer and drier than usual September. USDA says corn is 38% harvested, well ahead of the five-year average. More than half of the soybean crop in [Read More…]

Corn and soybean harvest has advanced in Indiana. According to the USDA’s weekly crop progress report, 12% of corn is harvested, well ahead of the 6% five-year average, with 95% of the crop dented, 67% [Read More…]

Corn and soybean harvest and tobacco cutting were the primary activities last week for farmers in Kentucky. The USDA says dry conditions persist statewide with growing concern for field crops. Temperatures have remained above normal [Read More…]

Dry conditions have sped up harvest in Ohio. According to the USDA’s weekly crop progress report, 10% of corn is harvested, well ahead of the 2% five-year average, with 94% of the crop dented, 60% [Read More…]

Warm conditions furthered harvest activity in Minnesota last week. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says with more than six days suitable for fieldwork, the corn for grain harvest reached four percent and the corn silage [Read More…]

A pair of agronomists say farmers are facing several tough decisions as they plan for the 2025 crop. Matt Montgomery, who covers western Illinois for Pioneer, says evaluating disease resistance should be a priority. “Now [Read More…]

An ag economist says the Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) fell in September to its lowest level since spring 2020. Ernie Goss with Creighton University tells Brownfield… “We’ve got an increase in supply pushing down, particularly [Read More…]

Directors from the state departments of agriculture are in Indianapolis this week to set policy that addresses ag issues on the state level. Indiana State Director of Agriculture Don Lamb says the meeting is an [Read More…]

Fermented foods and foods with prebiotics help promote the growth of beneficial gut bacteria that produce short-chain fatty acids.  Dr. Steve Lerner with Novonesis says that’s one reason why fermented foods play a role in [Read More…]

A climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center says abrupt, wild weather transitions are becoming more of the norm. Brian Fuchs tells Brownfield it’s been a variable early fall with drought conditions expanding across the [Read More…]