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Wheat: USDA Predicts Slight Decline in U.S. Spring Wheat Planted Area Apr 3, 2020
According to the March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings report, U.S. total spring-planted wheat area is expected to fall to 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares), down 1 percent from 2019/20, if realized. […]
Grain Stocks: All Down from 2019 – USDA Mar 31, 2020
Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2020 totaled 7.95 billion bushels, down 8 percent from March 1, 2019. Of the total stocks, 4.45 billion bushels were stored on […]
Nebraska: Should I Consider Spring Wheat in My Cropping System? Mar 2, 2020
In Southwest and Western Nebraska, winter wheat was originally grown in a winter wheat-summer fallow rotation. Beginning in the 1970’s winter wheat was included in Ecofarming rotations with no-till corn […]
Crop Progress: Corn, Soybean Harvest Slowest in a Decade – DTN Oct 22, 2019
The U.S. corn and soybean harvest made some headway last week but is the slowest it’s been since 2009, according to USDA NASS’ latest Crop Progress report released Monday. As […]
Wheat: Wet Conditions Stalling Harvest, Quality Concerns – DTN Oct 8, 2019
The 2019 spring wheat and durum planting season was stalled by late-spring snow, along with constant rains in some of the key growing areas of the Northern Plains. Fast forward […]
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 […]
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, […]
Spring Wheat: Unfavorable Weather Delays U.S. Harvest Aug 22, 2019
Though early April is the ideal planting window for U. S. hard red spring (HRS) wheat, saturated fields and cold soil temperatures kept many farmers out of their fields until […]
Gap Growing Between Irrigated, Rainfed Crop Yields Aug 20, 2019
A 65-year comparative analysis between U.S. yields of irrigated and rainfed crops has sounded a message to farmers, land managers and policymakers: Mind the gap. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Suat […]
Crop Progress: Still Behind Average, Conditions Unchanged – DTN Jul 9, 2019
Row-crop development remained behind the five-year average pace last week, while little change was seen in crop conditions, according to the latest USDA NASS Crop Progress report released Monday. Nearly […]
