Corn

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.

AgriGold agronomist Ron Roling knows a thing or two about corn rootworm. He’s from eastern Iowa, the self-proclaimed corn rootworm capital of the world.

Farmland values for the Seventh Federal Reserve District increased 2% in the second quarter of 2024 from a year earlier, marking the smallest year-over-year gain since the third quarter of 2020.

In between fungicide and insecticide applications and replacing a hot water heater at the Humane Society, Aaron Rients and other volunteers are getting ready for the 76th annual Central States Threshermen’s Reunion.

Wheat is strategically planted on the Rahn farm to provide opportunities for manure applications and tiling projects.

Richard Lyons of Harvel is the recipient of the 2024 Illinois Leopold Conservation Award.

A new Land Use Change Initiative is leading efforts to resolve inconsistencies in definitions, metrics and methodologies for quantifying land use change.

Rain makes grain, and two mid-August Department of Agriculture reports offered this year’s first in-the-field look at just how much corn, soybeans and wheat American farmers will grow this wet, grain-making year.

As summer presses onward, From the Fields contributor Mark Seib continues balancing farm and family life.

Even as Eric Miller looks at potentially bumper crops of corn, full-season soybeans and double-crop soybeans, the specter of lower commodity prices lurks.

A Natural Resources Conservation Service display brought the field to the Illinois State Fair. The tabletop display demonstrated the interaction between water and soils with different characteristics and management practices.

The 2024 Farm Progress Show will be held Aug. 27-29 at the Central Iowa Expo, 1827 217th Road, Boone, Iowa.

Agronomists at Pioneer advise farmers to keep scouting fields in August, even as corn and soybeans rapidly mature.

An all-in-one drone system recently released into the marketplace is among the latest research projects at Precision Technology Institute that focuses on crop scouting.

An agricultural production system that integrates crops and livestock into a single interconnected practice in one field was the top yielder in Precision Technology Institute’s trials last year.

Raices Latinas, a nonprofit coalition dedicated to promoting the agricultural contributions of Latino and Latine community in McHenry County, will host its second farm tour on Aug. 27.

It continues to look fantastic. We just got through one of the coolest and wettest Julys on record for Illinois, so that’s a good combination for crops. Our weather station had about seven and a quarter inches of rain for July.

Farmers were more optimistic about the ag economy in July, despite lower corn and soybean prices, according to the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.

I hope you readers saw the recent AgriNews article on sheep grazing under solar farms. Land stays in production while generating electricity for the grid and cash for shepherds while saving on mowing and spraying costs.

The first survey-based crop forecasts for this growing season estimated record average yields nationwide and in the “I” states for corn and soybeans.

The season-average farm price projection continued edging downward as production out-paces demand, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.