A Kansas State University senior agricultural economist says there's a 70% chance an El Niño will arrive this fall - and that's good news for the United States.
Soybean acres continue to grow and that means that we will likely have more acres of soybeans planted into virgin soils, where there has been no recent history of soybeans.
The curious phenomenon often referred to as the "twisted whorl syndrome" is beginning to show up in some fields in recent days. This "problem" often occurs when young corn shifts quickly from weeks of slow development (cool, cloudy weather) to rapid development (warm, sunny weather). Earlier planted corn has certainly experienced such a change in weather conditions in recent weeks. The occurrence of the twisted whorl syndrome is not uncommon, but rarely affects a large number of fields in any given year or a large percentage of plants within a field.
Source: By JD Green and Jim Martin University of Kentucky
Palmer amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri) continues to march across Kentucky. Initially this weed was thought to be present primarily in the west end of the state (Purchase region), but sightings have been reported within several Kentucky counties that border Tennessee and the lower Ohio River in the past few years.
Source: By Peter Kyveryga, Iowa Soybean Association On-Farm Network
Have you ever wondered why school students are routinely given a series of year-end tests when it may already be too late to help them master the material? Or why doctors insist on an annual medical check-up?
This is the third year of the past four that wet soil conditions have forced many producers to make a decision to seed or not seed a crop when it is well beyond the optimal planting time. The question is whether to plant the crop and accept the risk of lower yields and reduced crop insurance coverage, or to collect a prevented-planting crop insurance indemnity payment and idle the ground, says Andrew Swenson, farm and family financial specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service.
Hail storms with up to baseball-sized hail hit corn and soybean fields across portions of central and eastern Nebraska on Tuesday afternoon and evening, June 3.
Trimble announced a new agronomic service that is part of its Connected Farm solution. Soil Information System (SIS) solution provides farmers and their advisors with in-depth 3-D soil data they can use to make more informed decisions about their crop production goals.
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