Stories about corn
Between harvest and preparing for the state corn-husking competition, From the Fields contributor Clay Geyer has a busy October ahead of him.
Will we someday return to a more diversified Midwest agriculture economy incorporating livestock into row crop operations?
We have all but finished our harvest for the year. Corn chopping went extremely smooth with no rain delays and to my recollection only one truck needing pulled all season long — surely a record.
From this growing season’s first survey-based crop forecasts in August through now, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to project record corn and soybean yield averages nationwide.
The updated marketing year-end grain stocks data provided a clearer picture of the beginning supplies for the new crop year in the agriculture supply and demand estimates report released Oct. 11.
There were no major discrepancies in the trade’s pre-report guesses and what the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out with in its Oct. 11 crop production and crop balance sheet report.
We harvested my two corn test plots. Technically, this is a corn-on-soybean plot because we broke the cycle of corn-on-corn last year. Both of my companies — LG Seeds and Golden Harvest — are helping.
Farmers are increasingly turning to high-moisture corn silage, specifically earlage or snaplage, due to its high energy content and easy digestibility.
The building gloom in today’s ag commodity markets — wheat, barley, oats and cotton farmers all face increased production and decreased prices — has caught the attention of a long-distracted Congress.
Now is the time for the administration and Congress to act on a U.S. trade policy that includes commercially meaningful negotiations on two-way trade with U.S. allies and partners.
Bayer’s national flagship brand DEKALB announced its new partnership as the official corn seed of the “Field of Dreams” movie site.
Bayer unveiled FieldView Drive 2.0, a small plug-and-play device that farmers can use to connect, monitor and record activities across different farm equipment types and brands.
The DEKALB and Asgrow seed brands are introducing new products for 2025 that offer Illinois farmers high performance potential with advanced protection against yield-robbing pests.
The DEKALB and Asgrow seed brands are introducing new products for 2025 that offer Indiana farmers high performance potential with advanced protection against yield-robbing pests.
As you make your way through another busy harvest, it’s important to record your field observations in order to make informed decisions for next year’s product selections.
Farmers should consider stalk quality as they decide which cornfields to harvest first.
Harvest is in full swing for Mark Seib, a grain farmer from Posey County in the southwestern corner of Indiana.
AgriGold agronomist Brett Leahr is concerned crown rot will be widespread in the Corn Belt this fall, especially in his territory that stretches from northern Missouri to central Illinois.
Fall is the peak time for folks to visit agritourism destinations around the state.
Corn harvest started on the Rahn farm at the middle of September, which is typical for them.
Kyle Schminke deep tills all his farm ground. However, it is not done with a tractor and tillage equipment.
Beef production spans generations in the Hanson and Kuipers family in Iroquois County where they operate a forage-based program utilizing a paddock grazing system along with growing corn, soybeans and wheat.
To help farmers harvest more acres with every engine hour, Case IH is launching the new AF9 and AF10 combines, redesigned from the ground up, to maximize capacity and crop flow.
The Illinois Wheat Association Checkoff Committee is circulating petitions for a wheat checkoff program in the state. The proposal calls for a 1.5 cent checkoff per bushel of wheat sold.
As American grocery buyers await a verdict on Kroger’s two-year-old bid to buy Albertsons, the European Commission took just 35 days to give its blessing to the merger between two of the world’s largest grain merchandisers.
I think the very earliest planted corn is getting close, but with the dry forecast, producers are probably taking advantage of in-field drying to get the moisture down so there’s not much drying expense.
Allendale’s 35th annual nationwide producer yield survey was right in the ballpark with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s estimates.
Combines will head to the fields soon for soybean and corn harvest. Keeping combines in the field and out of the shop is key to getting the crop in the bin.
Rain at the end of August was good timing for the double-crop soybeans growing in northern Illinois.
I think we’re going to be better than last year for corn and soybean yields. I don’t have super high expectations, but it’s going to be good.
Hans Bishop’s move into effective organic row crop production weed control begins with his experiences in growing vegetables on his family’s PrairiErth Farm near Atlanta in central Illinois.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects record corn and soybean yield averages in the “I” states and nationwide.
In the days leading up to the USDA’s crop production report, analysts expected corn yields to drop slightly due to dry conditions. However, USDA increased the U.S. corn yield average by one-half bushel.
New survey-based production estimates, slight downward tweaks in old crop ending stocks and no changes on the corn and soybean demand side were of note on the USDA’s supply and demand estimates report.
The Illinois Soybean Association is observing its 60th anniversary this year that will culminate with an awards banquet in November.
The Indiana Corn Husking Association is gearing up for its annual Indiana State Hand Corn Husking Competition, set to take place in Nappanee.
After waiting, not so patiently, for the corn to mature, we finally had a field last week get mature enough to start chopping. Now we will race to stay ahead of the corn getting too mature.
Armyworms are appropriately named. They definitely work like an army, moving their line forward as efficiently and rapidly as possible, attempting to overwhelm the enemy and gain territory.
America’s farmers and ranchers are getting hit hard this year with low commodity prices and another record-setting agricultural trade deficit.
With the farm bill, Next Generation Fuels Act and global trade discussions on the table in Congress, now is the time for farmers to make their voices heard.
The stories across the Corn Belt’s Federal Reserve Districts mirrored one another in the agriculture sector with concerns over lower commodity prices and favorable crop conditions.
When you set a record ag trade deficit for the third consecutive year, the decline isn’t an aberration or a coincidence. It is growing proof that your national ag policy is headed in the wrong direction.
A bottle of Windex led Jessica Rutkoski from a high school in rural Wisconsin to working on crop research and improvement around the globe and back to Midwest wheat fields.
Data from seven years of field trials that focus on improved soil and plant health while balancing fertility and whole-system efficiency was highlighted in a recent plot tour.
Indiana Corn Marketing Council participated in a groundbreaking ceremony at Wally’s Travel Center in Whitestown, which will sell Unleaded 88, a 15% blend of ethanol.
Working one-on-one with farmers and seeing positive changes across the landscape is what drives Aidan Walton. Walton has served farmers as a Precision Conservation Management specialist since 2021.
Prices paid for Prairie State farmland declined across all categories during the first half of 2024, according to Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers survey respondents.
As harvest season approaches in northern Indiana, farmers like Clay Geyer are preparing their equipment and fields for the crucial months ahead.
First Mid Ag Services’ 28th annual yield survey estimates McLean County corn to average 227.12 bushels per acre, 14.76 bushels above the five-year average.