The shock was almost palpable in the room of Purdue agronomists and economists when the August crop numbers came in from USDA. After a planting season with up to 4 replants by some growers and crop ratings that were consistently the worst in the nation, how yield...
Bower Market Strategy Report: Wait Until HarvestThe Midwest Crop Tour last week did not show the lower yield numbers that many farmers feel are out there. Jim Bower, with Bower Trading, says those numbers are just estimates and the real numbers that matter are what...
Becks-weed-managementWeeds in Indiana soybean fields are easy to spot this year, so some weed management plans for next year might need to be adjusted. The plan should include rotating herbicide chemistry, and one Hoosier thinks most farmers are already headed that...
Crop Tour Rolls Toward ConclusionThe Midwest Crop Tour has run its course, and all that remains is totaling up the numbers and coming up with an estimated yield and production number. On Thursday, Ty Higgins, traveling the tour for Hoosier Ag Today reported that corn...
Stalk-quality-concernsMidwest weather has been cool lately, cool at night with temperatures dropping into the 50?s, and daytime temperatures rising to only the 70?s. Growers have been asking if this could add days to the growing season since the accumulation of...
IBMA group of companies in the global food chain announced a partnership with IBM that is intended to give consumers more confidence in the global food system. The group includes companies like Walmart, Nestle, Tyson Foods, and many others. They will work with IBM to...
Polly RuhlandAfter an intensive search by a farmer-led team, the United Soybean Board (USB) has named Polly Ruhland as the new chief executive officer (CEO) effective November 1, 2017. ?Polly exceeded all of the attributes for what we as a board were looking for in a...
Scouting-for-harvest-prepAs the Midwest crop tour group got ready Tuesday morning to check the western half of Indiana before moving into Illinois, rains moved in from the west. It was a welcome break from a recent dry spell, and Indiana crops gladly took in the rain....
Wednesday-tour-wrapupIf one thing is proven along the Eastern Leg of the 2017 Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour, it is that much of the corn and soybean fields from Ohio across to Iowa has been through some sort of stress during the growing season. Variability in...
President Donald Trump told a crowd in Arizona earlier this week, regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement talks, ?I don?t think we can make a deal,? putting billions of dollars of agricultural exports in jeopardy. However, Mexico and Canada dismissed Trump?s...
