Articles tagged under: corn
U.S. Crop Conditions Hold Steady
Published July 20, 2021
U.S. corn and soybeans are doing ok, but the spring wheat continues to struggle. The USDA says one-third of the U.S. corn improved in the last week, with overall conditions rated 65 percent good to excellent. Stone X Group Chief…The Weather Market Continues
Published July 19, 2021
Across the Corn Belt, it’s tale of two crops. "The eastern Corn Belt has very good rain and in some cases, too much. Then, there's the western Corn Belt, which is too dry," says Frayne Olson, crops marketing economist, NDSU…Grain Stocks Surprise Traders in the July WASDE Report
Published July 12, 2021
Most of the July WASDE report was as grain traders expected. Allendale Chief Market Strategist Rich Nelson says the grain stocks were the big story and offered a surprise. "We were watching the new crop corn exports, which the USDA…USDA Makes Minimal Changes to Yield Forecast
Published July 12, 2021
In the July WASDE report, the USDA kept the U.S. corn and soybean yields in-line with the June report. The U.S. corn yield is forecast at 179.5 bushels per acre and the soybean yield remains at 50.8 bushels per acre.…Stocks Situation Gets Tighter
Published June 30, 2021
USDA’s Quarterly Stocks report shows U.S. corn supplies as of June 1 at 4.1 billion bushels, down 18 percent from last year. Quarterly usage is reported at 3.8 billion bushels, up 630 million from a year ago. Soybean stocks in…Heat Takes a Toll on South Dakota’s Corn
Published June 29, 2021
It’s been a season of less rain and more heat for Onida, South Dakota farmer Chuck Todd’s crops. The corn needs water. "It seems like it's stressed more and its thin," says Todd. "We'll have knee-high corn by July 4,…Take Notes for Next Year’s Planting Season
Published June 25, 2021
No matter how the crop looks on your farm this year, Peterson Farms Seed Lead Agronomist Rick Swenson says now is a good time to walk fields and evaluate how planting went and consider ways to change for next year.…Acreage Report Will Influence Markets
Published June 25, 2021
AgResource Company President Dan Basse thinks the marketplace can’t tolerate a U.S. corn yield less than 170 bushels per acre and a soybean yield than 49.5 bushels per acre. If that happens, expect much higher prices. "That's the story of…Using Moisture to Measure Nitrogen Needs
Published June 25, 2021
Northern Plains farmers may already thinking about how to handle side-dress nitrogen applications this year. Even though rainfall is behind normal in the southern Red River Valley, the corn still looks green. "There's no lost nitrogen due to wet field…