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Ohio: Tri-State Precision Agriculture Conference, Archbold, July 27
The second annual Tri-State Precision Agriculture Conference will be held at Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio on July 27, 2022. This year’s event will highlight sprayer and pesticide application technology.
Ag Trade: Policymakers Ponder Russian Sanctions; Some See Improving Ag Supply Outlook
Alan Rappeport reported in today’s New York Times that, “As the United States and Europe contemplate their next rounds of sanctions to starve Russia of the revenue that is funding its war, there is growing concern that the fallout is fueling an alarming hunger problem around the world that will not easily be reversed.
North Carolina: Earworm Populations Heavy in Corn. What Does That Mean for Cotton, Soybeans?
Corn earworm (aka bollworm, podworm, tomato fruitworm) populations are much higher in corn than usual. Corn is a nursery crop for this pest and high populations in corn generally mean high populations later in the season for crops like cotton, sorghum, soybean. However, many other things can influence corn earworm survival, as they must complete development on corn, pupate in the soil, emerge, mate, and survive and develop on those crops during July and August.
North Carolina: Cotton Beginning to Bloom - Pay Attention to Growth!!
There have been a few reports of cotton beginning to bloom across the state. This is expected from earlier, late-April planted cotton, whereas several slightly later-planted fields are expected to begin blooming soon. PGRs are typically applied at this stage, or even to cotton of similar size but not yet blooming.
Corn, Soybeans: What Do We Know About Revisions to USDA Planted Acreage Estimates?
The USDA released the 2022 Prospective Plantings report on March 31st. The report indicated that U.S. farmers this year intended to plant 89.5 million acres of corn, 91.0 million acres of soybeans, and 317.4 million acres for all principal crops. These estimates were bullish for corn and bearish for soybeans, as the market was expecting a larger acreage for corn and lower acreage for soybeans.
Peanut Stocks: Utilization Down 1%, 3.2Bln Pounds in Storage
Peanut stocks reported in commercial storage on May 31, 2022 totaled 3.22 billion pounds of equivalent farmer stock, compared with 2.90 billion pounds a year ago. This total includes 2.42 billion pounds of actual farmer stock. Shelled peanuts on hand totaled 764 million pounds of farmer stock equivalent. Roasting stock totaled 32.4 million pounds. Shelled peanut stocks totaled 575 million pounds of which 549 million pounds were edible grades and 25.4 million pounds were oil stocks.
USDA: Peanut Price Highlights
The following prices are effective from Wednesday 06/29/2022 at 12:01 am Eastern Time until midnight Tuesday 07/05/2022. The next announcement is scheduled for Tuesday 07/05/2022 at 3:00 pm Eastern Time. * $424.89 per ton for Runner peanuts * $413.05 per ton for Spanish peanuts * $427.70 per ton for Valencia peanuts * $427.70 per ton for Virginia peanuts These NPP are based on the loan rates for 2021-crop peanuts announced on July 30, 2021.
Cleveland on Cotton: Prices Dive! What Happened and Why?
It always happens! July and December come together. Yet, neither for a million dollars, nor in a million years, would I have guessed it would have been this way. It just doesn’t happen. But cotton, all the grains, and the oilseeds collapsed at the same time and generally by same amount (percentage). Cotton and all other row crops weighed in on just how miserable the U.S. economy is.
Arkansas Corn, Soybeans: As High Grain Prices Meet High Temps, Clock Is Ticking for Growers
After years of depressed commodity prices, this could be the year for Arkansas grain growers to cash in — if just a few things go their way. The price of corn hit a nine-year high in April, as growers in South America experienced a low yields and grain exports from Russia and Ukraine have been significantly reduced by war and global sanctions.
2023 Farm Bill Could Top $1Trl, Funding to Remain Flat for Conservation/Climate Programs
Inflation and increased food costs are driving up the price tag for the 2023 Farm Bill above $1 trillion, according to American Farm Bureau Economist Shelby Myers. Myers was part of a panel of speakers at the Farm Bill conference held June 25 at the 100th Annual Convention of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation at the New Orleans Marriott.
Indiana: Purdue Farm Management Tour, July 19, 20
The Purdue University Farm Management Tour returns for 2022 with three outstanding farms hosting visitors wanting to learn about farm and crop management on July 19 and July 20. The Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University has organized an annual Indiana Farm Management Tour every year since the early 1930s.
Ag Trade: Diplomats Address Deepening Food Crisis; Egypt Trims Wheat Imports
Missy Ryan reported in Saturday’s Washington Post that, “Top diplomats urged swift global action on Friday in the face of a mounting food crisis, as the war in Ukraine worsens conditions that have pushed millions of people into hunger.
Mississippi Cotton: Early-Season Growth Regulators - Podcast
Applying a plant growth regulator to cotton. Photo: Alabama Cooperative Extension Jay Mahaffey, manager of The Learning Center with Bayer in Scott, MS, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive into cotton management. Jay, Don, Tom, and Jason start with the thrips problem in 2022 and then discuss Jay’s evolving philosophy of setting a cotton crop up for success by utilizing early-season applications of growth regulators.
Illinois Field Reports: Crops Stressed Under Hot, Dry Conditions
Nick Seiter, Extension Field Crops Entomologist, University of Illinois I’m receiving more reports of stink bugs than I typically do, and colleagues in surrounding states have made similar reports. A lot of the damage in Illinois at this point is cosmetic feeding on corn, but feeding at emergence can stunt plants and occasionally reach yield-limiting levels. Rootworm larvae are currently active, this is a good time for initial scouting and assessment of damage/control performance.
Iowa Corn: Sampling Fields to Assess Potential for Yield Loss from Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Plant-parasitic nematodes that feed on corn are relatively common in Iowa fields. One or more species of these nematodes were found in 92% of samples submitted to the Iowa State University Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic from 2000-2010 (see ICM News article here). The presence of nematodes feeding on corn does not mean that damage and yield loss are occurring in a field.
Thompson on Cotton: Liquidation by Market Longs to Blame for Price Drop
Shellshocked! Stupefied! Disheartened! These are just a few words to describe emotions following last week’s market blood bath. Though expecting a reversal for weeks, we did not foresee one of such severity and abruptness. Upon incurring daily triple digit losses, the December futures contract closed below a dollar for the first time since January 28 settling Friday at 98.05.
Rice: New Provisia Variety PVL03 a Game Changer
Rice field day. Photo, Bruce Schultz,LSU AgCenter Rice farmers at the recent Horizon Ag Louisiana Field Day had a chance to see firsthand how new PVL03, the latest variety for the Provisia Rice System, can be used to effectively bring fields infested with weedy rice and resistant grasses back into profitable production.
Thompson on Cotton: Demand Strengthens as Supply Remains in Question
It came as no surprise that USDA reduced cotton acres for 2021 in its highly anticipated planted acre report. They now project 11.7 million acres will be planted to cotton. As predicted, this did not meet market expectations causing grain prices to surge at the expense of cotton which lost nearly three cents on the day of the report.
NOAA Drought Outlook Monthly - July
During June, widespread heavy rainfall across western Texas, eastern New Mexico, and eastern Colorado brought drought relief, while substantial drought expansion occurred across the northwestern quadrant of the CONUS under a record shattering heatwave. Further east, a swath of rainfall clipped the southern edge of the drought areas of the western Corn Belt while bringing more substantial improvements to Michigan.
AgFax Weekend: Crop Insurance and Replanting | USDA Acreage Report
AGFAX NEWSLETTERS Midsouth Cotton: Pest Populations Rising — And It Hurts Worse After a Rough Start to Planting 7-2 Southeast Cotton: Squaring Cotton Pushes Growers to Scout for Plant Bugs 7-1 Southwest Cotton: More Rain Means More Weeds, But Chemicals Hard to Come By 7-1 EDITOR’S PICKS USDA Announces July 2021 Lending Rates 7-3 Crop Insurance and Replanting Damaged Fields – DTN 7-2 Corn, Soy, Wheat Acreage Up from 2020, Cotton Down – USDA 7-2 DTN Fertilizer Trends: Slow Climb Continues 7-3...
Arkansas: Rice Tops List of State’s Commodity Exports
©Debra L Ferguson Stock Photography Arkansas ranked No. 1 in the nation in rice exports, according to the State Agricultural Trade database released this week by the U.S. Agriculture Department. The $722 million contribution by rice was part of the state’s total of $3.1 billion in agricultural exports, the report said.
Weekly Cotton Market Review - USDA
Mid season cotton near Ft. Cobb, Oklahoma. Photo: Jerry Goodson, OSU Average spot quotations were 53 points higher than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color 41, leaf 4, staple 34, mike 35-36 and 43-49, strength 27.0-28.9, and uniformity 81.0-81.9) in the seven designated markets averaged 83.18 cents per pound for the week ending Thursday, July 1, 2021.
Arkansas Corn and Soybean Acres Rise, Cotton and Rice Fall
Rice heads at sunrise. Photo: University of Arkansas Arkansas growers responded to a global economy beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic with shifting acreage, betting big on corn and pulling back from cotton, according to data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Wednesday.
Cleveland on Cotton: Speculator Sell-Off Quickly Rebounds
Speculators hit cotton on the heels of the USDA planted acreage report with triple digit losses only to see prices climb back to 87 cents for the weekly settlement. Week after week the cotton market has been hit by the bears with everything from an increasing crop size, to comments of excellent crop conditions across the Southwest, and to Chinese virus problems in this country or that. Every week the market comes back, first to 85-86 cents and now back to the 87-88 cent level.
Corn: Researchers Look to Improve Stalk Strength
Leaning corn plants from sever lodging. Photo: Purdue University Corn is one of the most important cereal crops in the world. But stalk lodging destroys up to one-quarter of the U.S. corn crop each year. Stalk lodging is breakage of the stalk at or below the ear. when Last August, a derecho — a straight-line windstorm with hurricane-force winds — destroyed 8.2 million acres of corn in the Midwest and caused approximately $2 billion in losses to the agricultural industry.
Arkansas Cotton: Rain Eclipses Record Potential
Defoliated cotton field ready for picking. Photo: Lance Clemmons, GW Farms. Arkansas’ cotton crop got off to a slow, cool and wet start, endured a pandemic and the remains of two hurricanes, hinted at record yields and inexplicably ended the season with prices hitting a high note. “By May 18, only 47 percent of the crop had been planted,” Scott Stiles, extension economist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said.
Arkansas Corn, Sorghum: Contract Prices Promise Brighter 2021
As with many of the state’s commodities, Arkansas corn, wheat and other feed grains took 2020 on the chin. Arkansas corn saw a significant drop off in acreage, falling from growers’ stated planting intentions of 800,000 acres to 620,000 acres planted.
Arkansas Corn: What Does Harvest Hold in Store?
Corn harvest. Photo: University of Arkansas The Arkansas corn harvest is going to be a drawn out affair this year. “Think back to the planting season when corn was planted from March through June,” said Jason Kelley, extension wheat and feed grains agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “In a normal year, we’re done planting by the end of April.
Texas: Panhandle Wheat Tour, Bushland, May 22
Wheat variety trials. Photo: Shannon Baker, Texas AgriLife Extension Texas A&M AgriLife is trying something different in the Panhandle this year; it will take the semi-annual wheat field day on the road May 22, organizers said. The free event will begin by boarding the bus at 7:30 a.m. at the Porter Wheat Building at the Conservation and Production Laboratory west of Bushland. The lab is operated by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
Arkansas Corn: Nitrogen Management Considerations for Replanted Fields
The primary call we received this week was regarding corn that was going to be replanted or not planted yet and preplant fertilizer was applied many weeks ago and whether or not there was a need for additional preplant N. There are a few things that should be considered when dealing with preplant N on corn and this goes for both first plantings as well as replants.
Corn: Cargill to Invest $112Mln in its Chinese Processing Facility
Cargill will invest $112 million to expand the capacity of its corn processing facility in Songyuan of Jilin province. This is part of its joint initiative with Songyuan government to build the Sino-US Cargill Biotech Industrial Park, featuring the Cargill Food Safety and Technology Center. Cargill will continue to invest in the park in the coming years. The move is expected to help boost local economy and strengthens local corn processing industry.
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