Crops Articles
Solid Sunflower Performance
Published November 1, 2023
Mother Nature slowed down the sunflower harvest with the cold and snow. “Harvest is going to be a little more difficult this year," said John Sandbakken, executive director, National Sunflower Association. "We probably haven’t had a situation like this since…Bushels Are There Despite Drought
Published November 1, 2023
Asgrow Dekalb Technical Agronomist Grant Mehring says most farmers are satisfied with the crop. "It's kind of a tale of two situations. There are some fields that are poor with bad drought, but, by and large, yields are really satisfying…Harvest Hiccup
Published October 30, 2023
Only a small amount of snow hit Edgeley, North Dakota farmer Mike Brandenburg's farm, but it was it was very wet. "The snow wasn't so terrible, but the moisture before the snow went into the corn ears and increased the…Erickson Recaps Soybean Harvest
Published October 30, 2023
Hallock, Minnesota farmer Kelly Erickson started his soybean harvest right after he finished small grains. "I was a little disappointed in the soybeans; I thought they looked way better than they yielded, but it must have been so dry that…Harvest at a ‘Screeching Halt’
Published October 30, 2023
Oahe Grain Cooperation General Manager Tim Luken says harvest has come to an abrupt stop after less than two inches of snow fell. "It's on top of the sunflower heads and in the corn stalks, so there hasn't been a…Snowy Setback
Published October 30, 2023
At Mandan, North Dakota, Dennis Renner wrapped up his soybean harvest before the season's first winter storm. There is still a lot of corn still standing. Transporting grain from the field has become more challenging. “The snow is going to…Platform Integration
Published October 30, 2023
Bayer has announced a platform integration with Climate FieldView with its recently acquired crop marketing management tool called Combyne. With this capability, farmers will be able to connect their FieldView agronomic data with the Combyne marketing data to make more…Peterson Farms Seed Update
Published October 30, 2023
In the latest update from Peterson Farms Seed, PFS Product Manager Dennis Schulte said post-harvest meetings will review 2023 results and look ahead to the new growing season.Interest Rates Cast a Shadow on Grain Storage
Published October 30, 2023
At the Agri-Women’s Harvest of Knowledge Conference, author Elaine Kub, said marketing some grain in the spring can help farmers avoid seasonal lows at harvest time. “These grain markets do have seasonal behaviors and reflect higher prices at the time…