Crops Articles
Farmers Continue to Monitor Wheat Quality
Published September 14, 2019
It is a wet, slow harvest season. "If you add up the combine hours that you'd normally have, you'd be done twice with small grains and here we are about half done," said Reed Ihry of Ihry Insurance. Quality issues,…More Spring Wheat to Harvest
Published September 13, 2019
Matthew Krueger still has 60 acres of spring wheat left to harvest on his East Grand Forks, Minnesota farm. "We were close, but I'm ok with where we're at. It's still green and standing, but if it does get rain,…Corn Potential is Determined by the Frost Date
Published September 13, 2019
It’s been a challenging year for the Volga, South Dakota area. There is mud and water in fields, but Scott VanderWal says the corn that was planted has potential. "It all depends when we get our first frost," he says.…Better Market Prices Could Come
Published September 13, 2019
The late developing crop and trade with China garnered attention during the market outlook seminar at the Big Iron Farm Show. In this type of market environment, analysts think there could be some better prices to come in this fall…Farmers Playing a Waiting Game at Harvest
Published September 13, 2019
Based in Drake, North Dakota, Dakota Agronomy Partners location sales agronomy representative Kirby Boucher says harvest is at a standstill in north central North Dakota. "We just got two inches of rain on Thursday. There's some wheat left in the…Wet Fields Continue to Delay ND Harvest
Published September 13, 2019
Wet fields continue to delay harvest near Dickinson, North Dakota. There’s been three inches of rain in the last week. Eberts Harvesting owner Myron Eberts says their spring wheat was harvested before the rains began, with minimal quality issues. "The…Plan While You Wait
Published September 13, 2019
In South Dakota, rains flooded roads and fields this past week. Dairyland Seeds District Sales Manager Keith Rekow says farmers are trying to figure out how to get the crop harvested and if the crop will reach maturity. "I'm not…A Slow Maturing Crop Drags On
Published September 13, 2019
Driving from central Illinois to North Dakota, Gulke Group president Jerry Gulke says the early planted corn continues to be challenged. The late planted corn looks good, but walking in the fields, the ears are small. "It may not have…A 40 Percent Drop in SD Soybean Production
Published September 13, 2019
Based on September 1 crop conditions, South Dakota’s corn production is forecast at 626 million bushels, down 20 percent from last year. Soybean production is expected to decline by over 40 percent. South Dakota’s projected corn yield is 156 bushels…