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Nebraska Corn: End-of-Season Forecasts Suggest Below-Average Yields Sep 24, 2022
Crop Stages and Weather Conditions During the Last Four Weeks Corn has reached black layer at all irrigated sites and at most of rainfed locations of the Corn Belt, except […]
Mississippi Corn: Hot, Dry Summer Reduced State’s Average Yield Sep 21, 2022
The state’s corn crop suffered through a very hot and dry summer after a later-than-usual planting season, so yields will be lower this year — but not much lower overall. […]
Kentucky Corn, Soybeans: USDA Forecasts Lower Yields Aug 27, 2022
Corn production in Kentucky is forecast at 204 million bushels, down 26% from 2021. Based on conditions as of August 1, yield is estimated at 147 bushels per acre, down […]
Corn Yield Forecasts as of Aug. 2 Aug 9, 2022
Simulations of 2022 end-of-season corn yield potential and real-time crop stage were performed on Aug. 2 for 40 locations across the U.S. Corn Belt using the UNL Hybrid-Maize crop model […]
Illinois Corn: Assessing Potential of the 2022 Crop Jul 29, 2022
Nearly all of Illinois received below-normal rainfall in June, with the lowest amounts found in east central Illinois. In contrast, most of the state has received above-normal rainfall in July, […]
WASDE Recap for July 2022: What Happens When USDA Updates Yield Expectations? Jul 23, 2022
On Tuesday July 12, the USDA released its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE. The WASDE report provides an updated point of reference for agricultural commodity price expectations. […]
Corn: Do Poor Springs Followed by Positive Summers Explain Late Planting, Yield Puzzle? May 21, 2022
In a recent farmdoc daily article, corn planting date results from agronomic field trials in Illinois were compared to state-level estimates of late planting impacts. The field trials indicated that the […]
Corn: Farmers Can Close the Yield Gap Banding Dry Fertilizer – DTN Mar 25, 2022
Banding dry fertilizer prior to planting corn, or possibly in-season, can help farmers get the most out of costly nutrients and boost yields. Fred Below, a professor of crop physiology […]
Corn: Climate, Agronomics Boost Yields – DTN Jan 26, 2022
Climate trends and agronomic improvements were the overwhelming factors leading to higher corn yields on farmland in Nebraska from 2005 to 2018, while improvements in genetic traits accounted for a […]
Corn Yields: Comparing Brazil, Argentina, and the U.S. Jan 14, 2022
Safrinha corn is Brazil’s 2nd corn crop, planted right after the soybean harvest, typically in January and February, mainly in the Midwest and Center-South of Brazil. Initially smaller than the 1st crop, […]
