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Texas Field Reports: Cool-Season Vegetables Looking Good Oct 16, 2019
Conditions were mixed for cool-season vegetable-producing areas of the state, with the Rio Grande Valley and Wintergarden both experiencing weather that led to a less-than-optimal start to the season, according […]
Iowa Field Reports: Harvest Off to Slow Start Oct 9, 2019
Harvest is off to a slow start across the state. High moisture grain, crop maturity, and ear rots and stalk rots are some of the topics ISU Extension and Outreach […]
Texas Field Reports: Below-Average Crop for Pumpkin Growers Oct 8, 2019
Texas’ pumpkin growers expect a below-average harvest this season as they dealt with early season rains and extreme heat and drought through the summer months. Mark Carroll, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension […]
Texas Field Reports: Cattle Prices Below 5-Year Average, Herd at 8-Year High Sep 25, 2019
Texas cattle producers are seeing fewer dollars in their pockets as prices remain low, while the Texas beef herd has hit an eight-year high of 4.65 million. Beef cattle and […]
Crop Progress Falls Further Behind Average Pace – DTN Sep 24, 2019
The percentage of U.S. corn and soybeans that has reached maturity fell further behind the five-year average last week, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress report released Monday. As […]
Crop Progress: Conditions Stable, Harvest Still Significantly Behind Pace – DTN Sep 17, 2019
U.S. corn and soybean conditions held mostly steady last week, but both crops are still significantly behind the average pace in reaching maturity, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress […]
Texas Field Reports: Wheat Acres Expected to Go Down, Production Up Sep 17, 2019
Texas wheat acres are being prepared and planted, and despite fewer acres, projections are for a high-yield 2020. U.S. Department of Agriculture planting projections suggest producers will plant 1% less […]
Texas Field Reports: Peanuts Look Good a Month from Harvest Sep 11, 2019
Peanuts are about a month away from digging, and so far 2019 looks to be a good year, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Texas peanut producers […]
USDA Weekly Crop Progress – Crop Condition at 6-Year Low – DTN Sep 10, 2019
Corn condition, which is already at a six-year low, dropped last week, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS estimated that, as of Sunday, Sept. 8, […]
Iowa Corn, Soybeans: End of Aug. Crop Update Aug 30, 2019
Rebecca Vittetoe (Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, and Washington Counties) “Over the last two weeks, we’ve caught some much-needed rain in this part of the state […]
