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Trucks and cars aren’t the only things that stall out at times. Corn and soybeans can, too. This past week, a number of farmers told Ken Ferrie their crops are emerged but growth is slow going. He says two things are contributing to the problem this season in corn – the carbon penalty and ugly corn syndrome. Sometimes, farmers are seeing both simultaneously in the field. “It’s causing the yellowing and pale green colors that are showing up,” says Ferrie, Farm Journal Field…

Crop condition extremes are playing out across the Corn Belt this week, says Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie. While some farmers tell him they have some of their best corn and soybean crops in recent memory, others say they have some of their worst. In this week’s Boots In The Field podcast, Ferrie addresses three different issues he sees that are impacting crops now. To read more click here.

Frost injury occurred Saturday May 29 across much of the area.  Radiational frost occurs when leaf temperatures actually reach lower temperatures than nearby recorded air temperatures.   Frost has occurred             - along field edges - especially corn fields             - low areas             - no -till soybean fields - where crop residue insulated soybean plants from soil warmth    Click here to read more.

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) is prepared and released by the World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB). The report is released monthly, and provides annual forecasts for supply and use of U.S. and world wheat, rice, coarse grains, oilseed, and cotton. The report also covers U.S. supply and use of sugar, meat, poultry eggs and milk, as well as Mexico’s supply and use of sugar. The WAOB chairs the Interagency Commodity Estimates Committees (ICECs), which include analysts from key…

Growers with soybean injury and yield loss from dicamba in the past six years have only three more weeks to file a claim with the Dicamba Soybean Grower Settlement. Click Here to Read More

Soybean farmers whose fields had yield losses resulting from off-target dicamba movement in the past six years can now file claims as part of a $400 million settlement with Monsanto (now a subsidiary of Bayer). Click Here to Read More