Articles tagged under: corn
More Goss’s Wilt Showing Up in ND Corn Fields
Published August 24, 2020
Goss’s Wilt has been showing up in North Dakota corn fields this year. "Two to three weeks ago, severe storms went through and that's a recipe for the bacterial disease," said Andrew Friskop, plant pathologist, NDSU Extension. "Most of the…RRFN Crop Tour Presented by Pioneer Starts Today
Published August 24, 2020
The Red River Farm Network Crop Tour, presented by Pioneer, kicks off today. It will be a packed week, traveling across the Dakotas and Minnesota looking at crop conditions. "We've got areas where the crop is looking really good, areas…Derecho Damage Continues to Have a Market Impact
Published August 22, 2020
The USDA is predicting good corn and soybean crops in South Dakota and essentially, good crops across the country. While last week’s storm may not directly impact South Dakota farmers, Stone X Group Inc., Chief Commodities Economist Arlan Suderman says…A Year of Saturated Soils
Published August 18, 2020
Fields in the Valley City, North Dakota area are saturated and farmer Monte Peterson says it’s been a struggle all year. "We've had saturated soils ever since planting and last fall, for that matter. It was a struggle to get…DTN Digital Yield Tour Projects Large U.S. Crops
Published August 17, 2020
In the 2020 digital yield tour with DTN, Gro Intelligence is forecasting a national average U.S. corn yield of 183.9 bushels per acre, more than two bushels per acre above the USDA’s August estimate. However, this estimate doesn’t account for…Crop College
Published August 17, 2020
Have you heard of Goss's Wilt? This bacterial disease is starting to show up in corn across the Northern Plains. Peterson Farms Seed President Carl Peterson talks more about the disease and hybrid selection in this week's edition of Crop…Straight Line Winds Damage Farms Across IA
Published August 13, 2020
Iowa farms were impacted by 90-to-100 miles per hour straight-line winds the week of August 10. National Corn Growers Association President and Minden, Iowa farmer Kevin Ross said the storm impacted their farm, but most of the major corn damage…High Prevent Plant Acres May Not Make a Big Dent
Published August 13, 2020
The prevent plant numbers aren’t getting as much attention on a national scale as they did last year. University of Illinois Agricultural Economics Professor Scott Irwin says even though it’s not 19 million acres, a near nine million acres of…FSA Confirms Large 2020 Prevent Plant Acres in Dakotas
Published August 13, 2020
In their first prevent plant estimate of 2020, the Farm Service Agency says there are nearly nine million prevent plant acres across the country. North Dakota has the most at more than 2.57 million acres. The majority of those acres…