Articles tagged under: corn
Record Production Expected for Brazil
Published October 10, 2022
While the U.S. is harvesting, Brazilian farmers are starting to plant a crop. Brazilian crop agency CONAB is forecasting Brazil’s 2022/23 soybean crop at a record 152.4 million metric tons. Last year’s soybean crop in Brazil was the second largest…Pioneer Agronomy Update
Published October 5, 2022
Corn harvest is still a few weeks away for many armers in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Pioneer Field Agronomist Marc Cartwright says impact of the recent freeze is minimal. "The corn is really close to black layer, if…Corn Approaches Physiological Maturity
Published October 2, 2022
Golden Harvest agronomist Adam Aarestad has seen a few corn fields hitting black layer. "Once you hit black layer, you lose about three quarters of a percent a day down to 25 percent moisture. From there on moisture loss is…Stocks Report Friendly for Corn and Wheat
Published September 30, 2022
In USDA's Quarterly Stocks report, old crop soybean ending stocks declined, but not as much as traders expected. USDA says there were 274 million bushels of soybeans on hand September 1. The average trade guess was closer to 247 million…Remember How Far We’ve Come
Published September 30, 2022
Crop maturity continues to lag in west central Minnesota, but Noah Hultgren is reminding himself about spring planting. "We were extremely wet and cold in the early spring. Most of June we were still planting corn. It's amazing how far…Great Harvest Conditions
Published September 30, 2022
Colfax, North Dakota farmer Scott Gauslow just started soybean harvest. "It doesn't look too bad. Harvest conditions are great." The corn is maturing. "I hand shelled some (and) the moisture is in the upper 20s. I was nervous the test…Wet Corn
Published September 30, 2022
NDSU Extension Bio-Systems Engineer Ken Hellevang says farmers should be prepared to dry higher moisture corn this fall. "For the corn just now reaching maturity, it could mean the corn needs to be harvested with a moisture content of 20…A Three-Ring Harvest Circus
Published September 29, 2022
Mitchell, South Dakota farmer Chet Edinger is managing what he calls a three-ring circus. "We wanted to have one crew on sunflowers, another on soybeans and one planting wheat, but the sunflowers were still wet. We swapped that machine over…Good Quality Navy Beans
Published September 29, 2022
Buffalo, North Dakota farmer Randy Melvin was hauling in loads of navy beans to the elevator this week.The navies have been better than expected. "The quality looks great. Moisture ranges from 15-to-17 percent." It will be a few more weeks…