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Football Fan Gets Dumped On-Air for Calling Sports Radio
A Vols fan called a sports radio show after the game, and his significant other unloaded on him… while he was on air. Continue reading…… Continue Reading
Corn harvest in Kentucky is in full swing
Harvest is underway in Kentucky. Corn harvest is 11% complete, with 80% of the crop in the dent stage and 50% mature. Sixty-seven percent is rated good to excellent. Caleb Ragland farms in central Kentucky and says he’ll have a little later harvest this year. “Our potential is probably slightly below average, but I think we’ll…… Continue Reading
Kansas crop conditions largely unchanged as harvest approaches
Corn and soybean conditions were largely unchanged from week to week. According to USDA’s weekly conditions report, 48% of the crop is rated good to excellent, up slightly from last week. The USDA reports 36% of the crop is at the mature stage, with 96% in the dough stage and 76% in the dent stage.…… Continue Reading
Nebraska crops continue to improve ahead of harvest
Corn continues to mature in Nebraska as farmers prepare for harvest. According to USDA’s weekly crop progress report, 23% of the state’s crop is mature, compared to 17% a week ago, with 67% of the crop reported as good to excellent. USDA says 93% of corn is in the dough stage and 74% at the…… Continue Reading
Week of heat pushes Iowa crops
Hot, dry conditions pushed crop development in Iowa last week. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says 61 percent of the corn crop has reached the dent stage, five days behind last year and one day off the five-year average. North Iowa farmer Brent Renner tells Brownfield it’s been an up and down growing season. “It…… Continue Reading
Harvest still weeks away for Minnesota farmer
Harvest is still several weeks away for many Minnesota farmers. Rob Tate grows corn and soybeans near Cannon Falls in the southeastern part of the state. “I don’t think we’re going to be starting quite as early as we did last year.” He tells Brownfield this time last year he had corn varieties that were…… Continue Reading
Dry conditions push Tennessee corn harvest
Drought conditions are spreading across Tennessee along with crop stress. USDA says corn condition is rated 44 percent good to excellent with 95 percent in the dough stage, 88 percent dented, 59 percent mature, and 16 percent harvested. Cotton in the state has 37 percent of bolls opening. USDA says the crop is rated 32…… Continue Reading
Arkansas crops doing well in the home stretch
Crops across Arkansas are continuing to do well as harvest rolls on. Ninety-three percent of the corn is mature and 58% of the corn has already been harvested. As of Sunday, 24% of the corn is rated excellent, 53% good, and 20% fair. All of the cotton in Arkansas has been setting bolls, and 68%…… Continue Reading
More warm and sunshine needed to mature SD corn
USDA says only 3% of South Dakota’s corn is mature as September begins and an agronomist in the Dakotas and Minnesota says more heat units are needed to help the later-planted corn reach maturity. “We need anywhere from 250 to 300 more heat units to reach black layer.” Rick Swenson with Peterson Farms Seed says…… Continue Reading
