Articles tagged under: corn

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published October 5, 2022

Corn harvest is still a few weeks away for many armers in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. Pioneer Field Agronomist Marc Cartwright says impact of the recent freeze is minimal. "The corn is really close to black layer, if…

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Corn Approaches Physiological Maturity

Published October 2, 2022

Golden Harvest agronomist Adam Aarestad has seen a few corn fields hitting black layer. "Once you hit black layer, you lose about three quarters of a percent a day down to 25 percent moisture. From there on moisture loss is…

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Stocks Report Friendly for Corn and Wheat

Published September 30, 2022

In USDA's Quarterly Stocks report, old crop soybean ending stocks declined, but not as much as traders expected. USDA says there were 274 million bushels of soybeans on hand September 1. The average trade guess was closer to 247 million…

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Remember How Far We’ve Come

Published September 30, 2022

Crop maturity continues to lag in west central Minnesota, but Noah Hultgren is reminding himself about spring planting. "We were extremely wet and cold in the early spring. Most of June we were still planting corn. It's amazing how far…

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Great Harvest Conditions

Published September 30, 2022

Colfax, North Dakota farmer Scott Gauslow just started soybean harvest. "It doesn't look too bad. Harvest conditions are great." The corn is maturing. "I hand shelled some (and) the moisture is in the upper 20s. I was nervous the test…

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Wet Corn

Published September 30, 2022

NDSU Extension Bio-Systems Engineer Ken Hellevang says farmers should be prepared to dry higher moisture corn this fall. "For the corn just now reaching maturity, it could mean the corn needs to be harvested with a moisture content of 20…

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A Three-Ring Harvest Circus

Published September 29, 2022

Mitchell, South Dakota farmer Chet Edinger is managing what he calls a three-ring circus. "We wanted to have one crew on sunflowers, another on soybeans and one planting wheat, but the sunflowers were still wet. We swapped that machine over…

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Good Quality Navy Beans

Published September 29, 2022

Buffalo, North Dakota farmer Randy Melvin was hauling in loads of navy beans to the elevator this week.The navies have been better than expected. "The quality looks great. Moisture ranges from 15-to-17 percent." It will be a few more weeks…

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Still Working on Wheat

Published September 23, 2022

Near Walhalla, North Dakota, Proseed agronomist Karmen Hardy does anticipate much damage to the corn and soybeans from this past week's frost, but it may be a different story for the small grains. "There could be quality issues as that…

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Seasonal Basis Bids Continue

Published September 23, 2022

Basis bids at the six regional grain elevators followed by the Red River Farm Network are reflecting seasonal harvest bids. Spring wheat bids range from 50 to 98 cents under the December Minneapolis futures contract. Corn basis ranges from 30…

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