Latest USDA Analysis Classifies 86% of Iowa Corn Corp as 'Good' or 'Excellent' - Radio Iowa

Latest USDA analysis classifies 86% of Iowa corn corp as 'good' or 'excellent' - Radio Iowa

The latest USDA report rates 86% of Iowa’s corn crop in good or excellent condition. The analysis covers the past week — through Saturday — and it found 80% of soybeans are in good or excellent condition. July has been wetter than normal and 72% of topsoil and subsoil moisture readings are considered adequate; 21% […]

Corn development advances despite regional variations

Latest crop progress data shows 56% of corn crop in silking stage, with notable improvements in Midwest states.

NC Commissioner Troxler: Ag Field Days Begin Today - Southern Farm Network

North Carolina agriculture continues to invest in ag research to advance agricultural production in the state. A number of upcoming Field Days will showcase some of the work being done with tobacco, turfgrass, horticulture crops, corn and soybeans. We have great ag research universities here in the state with N.C. State University in Raleigh and N.C. A&T State University in Greensboro. Our state’s continued investment in agricultural research h…

Corn Rating Holds Steady: Soybean Rating Declines

(Washington D.C) The U.S. corn crop rated 74-percent good to excellent, and unchanged from one week ago, according to the latest NASS crop conditions report released on Monday. The 74-percent overall rating is seven percentage points higher than this same time period one year ago. The portion rated poor to very poor increased slightly to 6%, up one point from the previous week but still below last year’s 10%.  Iowa appears to be the garden spot …

Random observations and opinions

Early-seeded crops often yield the best, but in many areas that doesn’t appear to be the case this year. Early-seeded crops seem to have suffered more from the dry conditions at the beginning of the growing season. Ultra-early seeding of wheat and durum has shown good results in research trials the past few years, but every growing season is a bit different. -- The latest crop report from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture has maps showing…

Corn development varies across northern Iowa - Brownfield Ag News

Crop development varies across northern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says corn is in a lot of different stages. “We still have some really late vegetative stage corn, we have VT corn, we have R1 corn, we have R2 corn, and we have some corn that’s obviously pushing R3 if it’s […] The post Corn development varies across northern Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.