Missouri rice conditions improve, corn conditions dip slightly

Below normal temperatures and above average precipitation delayed some fieldwork across Missouri in the last week. USDA says corn planting is getting closer to wrapping up, now at 94 percent complete, ahead of average. Emergence is 78 percent complete with conditions dipping slightly from the previous week at 76 percent good to excellent. Soybean planting…… Continue Reading

Rain keeps Arkansas farmers sidelined much of the week

Scattered rains kept Arkansas farmers out of the fields for about half of last week.  The rains left farmers with just 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork but brought soil and subsoil moisture levels up.  Fifty-four percent of the topsoil and 48 percent of the subsoil now has excess moisture.  Forty-three percent of topsoil and fifty…… Continue Reading

Rains give a boost to South Dakota’s wheat

South Dakota’s wheat crop has benefitted from the recent rains. USDA says spring wheat conditions rated 55 percent good to excellent, an increase of 18 percentage points from the previous week. Ninety-two percent of the crop has emerged. Winter wheat conditions improved five-percentage points, now rated 28 percent good to excellent. Soybean planting is 79…… Continue Reading

Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted, haying started.

Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted.  USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says 85% of the corn is planted with 52% of the crop already emerged.  That’s three days ahead of last year and two days ahead of the five-year average.  Sixty-two percent of the corn is rated good to excellent. Eighty percent of Wisconsin’s soybeans…… Continue Reading

Budget reconciliation bill has good things for dairy industry

The National Milk Producers Federation is pleased with budget items passed by the House and sent to the Senate. Alan Bjerga tells Brownfield the U.S. House’s so-called big, beautiful bill for budget reconciliation has things dairy farmers need, especially when action on the next farm bill is “iffy” at best. “If you take a look…… Continue Reading

Kentucky corn and soybean planting continues to trail average pace

It was another solid week of planting progress for Kentucky farmers. According to the USDA’s Weekly Crop Progress report, 70 percent of the state’s corn crop has been planted, a 7 percent jump from last week, but still trailing last year and the 5-year average.  Seventy-nine percent of the crop is rated good to excellent. …… Continue Reading

Tennessee fields remain waterlogged

Wet conditions limited field activities in Tennessee last week and crop quality is starting to decline. The USDA says 87 percent of corn is planted, 76 percent is emerged, and condition is rated 68 percent good to excellent. Soybeans are 59 percent planted and 44 percent emerged. Cotton is rated 64 percent good to excellent,…… Continue Reading

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