Mixed weather conditions in the last week across Wisconsin have led to a decline in the corn and soybean conditions ratings. USDA says corn conditions are 71 percent good to excellent, down three percentage points from the previous week. Soybean conditions are 72 percent good to excellent, down seven percentage points. Potato and winter wheat…… Continue Reading
A dry start to the growing season
A farmer in southeast South Dakota says conditions are dry as the growing season begins. “It’s going to take consistent and timely rains to have a bountiful crop.” Kevin Deinert says his farm in Davison County is missing rain other counties in the state have been getting the last few weeks, but despite a lack…… Continue Reading
Rough start to growing season for Iowa farmer
North central Iowa farmer April Hemmes says the growing season is off to a rough start. “I was in the area where a lot of people had to replant. I was very fortunate (because) I only had to replant about 30 acres of corn, and I spiked in some soybeans too.” She tells Brownfield dry…… Continue Reading
Farmers optimistic for crop conditions to turn a corner
The President of DF Seeds says crop development is running about two weeks behind on her farm. Janna Fritz grows corn, soybeans, wheat, and dry beans in Huron County, Michigan. “Corn needs to have those warm temperatures to continue to go through its growth cycle,” she says. “All over the state, we’ve just had cool…… Continue Reading
Minnesota farmer welcomes warmup
Southeast Minnesota farmer Rob Tate says warmer temperatures are welcome this week. “Challenges wise, probably needing a little more heat. And that looks to be in the forecast, so the crop is moving along nicely. Most of the post-emerge spraying is done on corn, even side-dress now. Some right before the rain, so it was…… Continue Reading
Wheat harvest should begin this week in north central Kansas
North central Kansas farmer Shale Porter says he expects one of the largest wheat harvests in his career. “I hope that we’re close to 50-bushel yields. I think we can achieve that on most of my acres. Some stuff might exceed that. We might see upwards of 60-65.” Twenty-five percent of winter wheat has been…… Continue Reading
Delayed planting forcing farmers to make tough decisions
A south-central Ohio farmer says consistent rainfall this spring has left some fields too wet to plant. Greg Corcoran says he plans on taking prevent plant this year. “We’re looking at close to 300 acres that we won’t be planting this year, and we’re going to go ahead and take the prevent plant,” he says.…… Continue Reading
Illinois crops show improvement
The USDA says the majority of Illinois crops are doing well. Ogle County farmer, and president of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Brian Duncan says recent rains have been beneficial. “We’ve been in a drought up north, but we finally caught an inch and a half of rain across almost everything, which really perked things up.” …… Continue Reading
Wet weather patterns now impacting emerged crops
A west central Indiana farmer says consistent rainfall has been the biggest challenge this year. Kevin Cox says he finished planting on May 31st. “In this part of the world, there’s still several fields that aren’t planted,” he says. “Just a lot of ground that’s either underwater or completely saturated. We’ve had between 6 1/2 and…… Continue Reading
Winter wheat harvest delayed in Missouri
A farmer in eastern Missouri is waiting to harvest winter wheat. “I think the whole season is about two weeks delayed.” Warren Stemme, who farms in St. Charles County, says the wheat was late coming out of dormancy. And while the early planted crop looks good, the later planted wheat has struggled the whole season.…… Continue Reading
