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Small Planting Window May Open
Farmers across the Corn Belt may see their best chances for getting in fields in the next seven days, even…
USDA Investigating Detection of GE Wheat
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed the discovery of genetically engineered…
USDA Proposes New Rule for Regulating GM Crops
USDA has proposed a new rule that could substantially change how the agency regulates genetically-modified (GM) crops. The rule will…
Positive Trade News with Mexico in the Midst of an Awful Spring for Planting
As a dreadful spring for planting limps into the second week of June, producers continue to assess the impacts of…
Cotton Replant Provisions Dictate Producer Options
Producers across the High Plains have struggled to complete cotton planting activity as frequent rainfall events have caused intermittent planting…
Farmers on Drenched Land Confront Tough Choice on Planting
Millions of farm acres are set to go unplanted with corn this spring as persistent wet weather leaves U.S. farmers facing an…
Late Planting and Projections of the 2019 U.S. Soybean Yield
In a May 1, 2019 farmdoc daily article, we examined the implications of late planting of the U.S. corn crop on yield expectations…
Use the Rules of Late Corn Planting to Guide Your Decision-Making
Pat Swanson has already started filling in the paperwork on prevented planting for her family’s farm and for several of…
How High Can Corn Prices Get Before Reducing Demand?
Rushing rivers, disastrous downpours and muddy messes have kept thousands of farmers out of fields. What does this mean for…
Long Road to Recovery After 2019 Midwest Flood
As Scott Olson often says, “I’ve learned more about the river than I ever wanted to.” Olson has farmed along…