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Corn & Soybean Crops Continue to Lag Typical Pace

July 9, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

For all intent and purposes, all of the 2019 U.S. corn and soybean crops that will be planted are in the ground, but the overall progress of this year’s crops continues to trail where they would typically be at this point.

USDA Adds Flexibility for Cover Crop Management in Crop Year 2020

June 28, 2019 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: USDA press release

A press release from USDA explains how the 2018 Farm Bill mandated changes to the treatment of cover crops, including adding more flexibility to when cover crops must be terminated while remaining eligible for crop insurance.

8% of Corn Acres Remain to Be Planted; 23% of Soybeans

June 18, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

As of June 16, 92% of U.S. corn was in the ground and 77% of soybeans had been planted. Both remain far behind the normal pace of planting and a high level of uncertainty remains about how much corn will actually get planting at this late date.

USDA Exploring MFP Payments for Cover Crop Forages on Prevent-Plant Acres

By John Dobberstein posted on June 11, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

In light of widespread prevented planting, USDA is mulling Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for struggling producers who plant an MFP-eligible cover crop that has the potential to be harvested and used as forage, says Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Farmers Pick Up the Planting Pace; Much Yet to Be Done

June 11, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

U.S. farmers planted 16% of their corn acres, while an additional 21% of soybeans were sown last week, an improvement over recent reports, according to the USDA’s latest Crop Progress report.

Pace of Corn, Soybean Plantings Continue to Fall Seriously Behind Schedule

June 4, 2019 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

Only two-thirds of the U.S. corn crop was in the ground and less than 40% of soybeans had been planted as of June 2. Much of the crop that has been planted is looking ragged.

USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Trade Wars

May 23, 2019

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the USDA will take several actions to assist farmers in response to what the department says is trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption.

Crop Planting Progress Remains Far Behind Last Year and 5 Year Average

May 14, 2019

With improved weather in much of the Corn Belt this week farmers should make some significant progress in getting their corn and soybeans in the ground. They will need it because, as of this past Sunday, May 12, planting lagged far behind what one might expect at this point in the season.

Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff

March 15, 2018 | Posted in Water Management

Source: The Ohio State University

The index has significant water quality implications statewide, considering that misapplied phosphorus has a high likelihood of degradation Ohio’s surface water and is a major contributor to harmful algal blooms, experts say.

[Podcast] A Global Perspective on the Success of Strip-Till

In today’s podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, retired USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agronomist Brian Goggin, shares his experience heading up the strip-till overseas initiative to include some of the results, challenges and future opportunities.

March 15, 2018 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

In today’s podcast brought to you by Topcon Agriculture, retired USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Agronomist Brian Goggin, shares his experience heading up the strip-till overseas initiative to include some of the results, challenges and future opportunities.

Articles Tagged with ''usda''

Corn & Soybean Crops Continue to Lag Typical Pace

USDA Adds Flexibility for Cover Crop Management in Crop Year 2020

8% of Corn Acres Remain to Be Planted; 23% of Soybeans

USDA Exploring MFP Payments for Cover Crop Forages on Prevent-Plant Acres

Farmers Pick Up the Planting Pace; Much Yet to Be Done

Pace of Corn, Soybean Plantings Continue to Fall Seriously Behind Schedule

USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Trade Wars

Crop Planting Progress Remains Far Behind Last Year and 5 Year Average

Revised Phosphorus Index Can Help Curb Agricultural Runoff

[Podcast] A Global Perspective on the Success of Strip-Till

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