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Long-term data gives growing season context
Long-term data gives growing season context
Crop

Long-term data gives growing season context

North Dakota

Bocks receive timely moisture as heat wave arrives
Producer Reports

Bocks receive timely moisture as heat wave arrives

FOXHOLM, N.D. – As temperatures rose during a mid-July heat wave that hit the state, Brandon and Jessie Bock were preparing Bock Farms for a weekend of extremely high temperatures, forecasted to be more than 100 degrees.

Spear applies fungicide on wheat to manage risk
Producer Reports

Spear applies fungicide on wheat to manage risk

DRAKE, N.D. – With weather turning hot in mid-July, Scott Spear was back in his John Deere sprayer once again and spraying his flowering spring wheat fields. 

Oilseeds rise along with crude oil
Crop

Oilseeds rise along with crude oil

Canola prices have increased in recent weeks, partly due to a war premium after the talks between the U.S. and Iran broke down again. With crude oil rising on the news, canola and soybean oil have both trended up with their link to biofuel production. News of China purchasing more soybeans h…

Weather, Chinese sales help soybean prices
Crop

Weather, Chinese sales help soybean prices

As with corn, current weather patterns have helped improve soybean prices as well as news of China again re-entering the market to purchase U.S. soybeans.

Little reaction in durum market to USDA reports
Crop

Little reaction in durum market to USDA reports

Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of reports and updated numbers coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unfortunately for durum, there has been little, if any, market reaction. As a result, prices have remained the same as they’ve been the past several weeks, even as o…

Sunflower acreage higher throughout the region
Crop

Sunflower acreage higher throughout the region

Sunflower acreage for oil-type sunflower is higher this year in North Dakota and South Dakota, according to USDA’s planted acreage report that was released at the end of June.

Iowa

Long-term data gives growing season context
Crop

Long-term data gives growing season context

While every growing season has its own variety, over a century of weather data helps portray what an average growing season looks like in different areas.

Universal wisdom found across global cultures
Opinion

Universal wisdom found across global cultures

Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination
Crops

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination

Don Roose at U.S. Commodities said the market is turning contraseasonal with ending stocks getting smaller as well as the crop.

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash
Livestock

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash

Cattle markets dipped in mid-July, although University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said despite this trend, the tight cattle supply and fairly strong demand remain in place.

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch
Southwest

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel, Southwest Iowa CropWatch

Aaron and Chrissy Schnepel live and farm near Carson, Iowa, in Pottawattamie County, with their son, Brock, a high school sophomore, and daughter, Baylee, an eighth grader. They grow corn and soybeans and some cover cropping on a couple thousand acres with Aaron’s dad, Mark, and uncle, Condo…

Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch
Northeast

Wayne Koehler, Northeast Iowa CropWatch

Wayne Koehler grows corn and soybeans in Charles City with his wife of 35 years, Lisa.

Illinois

Long-term data gives growing season context
Crop

Long-term data gives growing season context

While every growing season has its own variety, over a century of weather data helps portray what an average growing season looks like in different areas.

Universal wisdom found across global cultures
Opinion

Universal wisdom found across global cultures

Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination
Crops

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination

Don Roose at U.S. Commodities said the market is turning contraseasonal with ending stocks getting smaller as well as the crop.

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash
Livestock

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash

Cattle markets dipped in mid-July, although University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said despite this trend, the tight cattle supply and fairly strong demand remain in place.

Tom Leeper, Central Illinois CropWatch
Central

Tom Leeper, Central Illinois CropWatch

Tom is a co-owner of Leeper Family Farms LLC which in Decatur in Macon County. They raise corn, soybeans, wheat and hay. Tom farms with his son Evan Leeper and son-in-law Nate Doty. He has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science from Illinois State University. He is a CCA and sells seed for Wyffels and Brevant. He also raises cattle for his freezer beef business.

Joe Stuckel, Eastern Illinois CropWatch
East

Joe Stuckel, Eastern Illinois CropWatch

Joe Stuckel and his wife Amber, along with their six young children, farm near Buckley in Iroquois County. They are first generation farmers, growing corn and soybeans.

Missouri

Long-term data gives growing season context
Crop

Long-term data gives growing season context

While every growing season has its own variety, over a century of weather data helps portray what an average growing season looks like in different areas.

Universal wisdom found across global cultures
Opinion

Universal wisdom found across global cultures

Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination
Crops

Midwest hot and dry moving into pollination

Don Roose at U.S. Commodities said the market is turning contraseasonal with ending stocks getting smaller as well as the crop.

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash
Livestock

Cattle futures see more volatility than cash

Cattle markets dipped in mid-July, although University of Tennessee Ag Economist Andrew Griffith said despite this trend, the tight cattle supply and fairly strong demand remain in place.

R.T. Slack, West Central Missouri CropWatch
West Central

R.T. Slack, West Central Missouri CropWatch

R.T. Slack farms with family in Henry and Johnson counties in west-central Missouri. He says conditions are muddy heading into spring planting time. He grows corn and soybeans and also puts up some alfalfa hay.

Danny Kuenzel, East Central Missouri CropWatch
East Central

Danny Kuenzel, East Central Missouri CropWatch

Danny Kuenzel farms with family in Franklin and Gasconade counties. He grows corn and soybeans, with some acres in the Missouri River bottom and some on the hill ground. He serves on the board for the Missouri Corn Growers Association and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council.

Nebraska

Nebraska Recovery Roundup: Income tax deferral options
Livestock

Nebraska Recovery Roundup: Income tax deferral options

After drought and wildfire strike, the financial decisions producers make can have lasting tax consequences. This installment of Nebraska Recovery Roundup reviews some of the tax planning tools farmers and ranchers should consider.

Adopt a Cow introduces Sandhills Knights students to different type of ag
Rural Life

Adopt a Cow introduces Sandhills Knights students to different type of ag

Sandhills Public Schools teacher Janine Catlett wanted to expose her students to this unfamiliar aspect of agriculture. Through Adopt a Cow, she and her class of fifth graders visited many dairies this year right from their classroom in Dunning, Nebraska.

Data, drones help farmers squeeze more from every acre
Crops

Data, drones help farmers squeeze more from every acre

As Kansas wheat harvest wraps up, producers are leaving the field with something just as valuable as the grain in their trucks -- data that can drive smarter decisions for years to come.

Farmers need economic support
Regional

Farmers need economic support

Key Takeaways

Free conservation program expands in eastern Nebraska
Crop

Free conservation program expands in eastern Nebraska

Precision Conservation Management (PCM) is expanding its Nebraska presence with the addition of two new regions, bringing the program’s free, one-on-one farm data analysis to grain producers in northeastern and southeastern Nebraska for the first time.

Red Willow Hippology Team bound for nationals
Rural Life

Red Willow Hippology Team bound for nationals

The Red Willow Hippology Teams have proven they have more horse sense than any other 4-H’ers in Nebraska. Two of their three teams rode away as champions at the state Horse Stampede contest at Lincoln in April.

Montana

Bocks receive timely moisture as heat wave arrives
Producer Reports

Bocks receive timely moisture as heat wave arrives

FOXHOLM, N.D. – As temperatures rose during a mid-July heat wave that hit the state, Brandon and Jessie Bock were preparing Bock Farms for a weekend of extremely high temperatures, forecasted to be more than 100 degrees.

Oilseeds rise along with crude oil
Crop

Oilseeds rise along with crude oil

Canola prices have increased in recent weeks, partly due to a war premium after the talks between the U.S. and Iran broke down again. With crude oil rising on the news, canola and soybean oil have both trended up with their link to biofuel production. News of China purchasing more soybeans h…

Little reaction in durum market to USDA reports
Crop

Little reaction in durum market to USDA reports

Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of reports and updated numbers coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unfortunately for durum, there has been little, if any, market reaction. As a result, prices have remained the same as they’ve been the past several weeks, even as o…

Sunflower acreage higher throughout the region
Crop

Sunflower acreage higher throughout the region

Sunflower acreage for oil-type sunflower is higher this year in North Dakota and South Dakota, according to USDA’s planted acreage report that was released at the end of June.

Will new cash crop tighten cinch of Corn Belt?
Crop

Will new cash crop tighten cinch of Corn Belt?

Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska

Wheat currently dealing with a weather market
Crop

Wheat currently dealing with a weather market

Hot, dry weather has taken over the lead in providing direction to the wheat market, as well as the corn and soybean markets. As a result, prices have been moving up and down, depending on the trade’s perception of yield impact.

South Dakota

Rural well-water users to be studied
Edge of Ag

Rural well-water users to be studied

A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support work to engage rural households who depend on private wells to understand drinking water quality and address potential problems.

Continued rain needed to pull crops through August
Crop

Continued rain needed to pull crops through August

Mid-July was dry, allowing Minnesota Crop Watcher Megan Horsager to work steadily on haying.

Heat wave stresses crops, livestock
Producer Reports

Heat wave stresses crops, livestock

As the last few weeks have flown by, the farm has kept us busy. The forecast has been filled with hot, dry weather and has continued to dry out soils, increasing stress within not only crops but animals as well.

Not the kind of ride or die I had in mind
Jaclyn Wilson

Not the kind of ride or die I had in mind

"I about died this last week. That may be a bit of an exaggeration, but I called the Boss Man and informed him that if I die, this is why …"

Four generations, one furrow
Rural Life

Four generations, one furrow

When 4-year-old Easton Randall climbed onto a 1953 Ford Jubilee next to his 85-year-old great-grandfather this spring, he announced, "This is my tractor."

Economist urges producers to balance optimism with resolve
Crop

Economist urges producers to balance optimism with resolve

Agricultural economist David Widmar opened his presentation at the South Dakota Governor's Ag Summit with a story that had little to do with commodity markets.

Wisconsin

Future of Ag News
Education

Future of Ag News

Essay contest winners selected

Rural well-water users to be studied
Edge of Ag

Rural well-water users to be studied

A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support work to engage rural households who depend on private wells to understand drinking water quality and address potential problems.

Unlock growth in dairy-cross calves
Dairy

Unlock growth in dairy-cross calves

Moving to an accelerated milk feeding program and better weaning management may be two of the biggest opportunities Ontario veal producers have to improve performance in dairy-cross calves.

Pullers pull off victory in student competition
Youth

Pullers pull off victory in student competition

The Illini Pullers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently secured first place in the 2026 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers International Quarter-Scale Tractor Student Design Competition, where teams design one-quarter scale tractors throughout the …

Data, drones help farmers squeeze more from every acre
Crops

Data, drones help farmers squeeze more from every acre

As Kansas wheat harvest wraps up, producers are leaving the field with something just as valuable as the grain in their trucks -- data that can drive smarter decisions for years to come.

Farmers need economic support
Regional

Farmers need economic support

Key Takeaways

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