As of May. 2, U.S. corn planting for 2021/22 was at 46 percent nationwide, up 29 points from the week prior and 10 points above the five-year average. Nine of the 12 Midwestern states were above their five-year planting averages, the exceptions being Kansas, [...]
As anticipated by the trade, sugar beet plantings are expected to rise almost 2 percent or 6,800 acres in 2021. In the last three seasons, poor weather depressed yields in the Red River Valley (RRV), which would typically account for about 50 percent of [...]
I am currently embarking on a cross-country journey from San Francisco, CA to Rochester, NY, and while driving through the corn belt, we wanted to provide an early look at the 2020 corn and soybean crops. Typically, crop tours do not commence until late-July [...]
The U.S. soybean crop was 88 percent harvested as of Nov. 11, still behind the five-year average pace due to wet weather hampering harvest progress in several states. The crop in Arkansas, for example, was just 78 percent harvested, compared to the state’s five-year [...]
The U.S. corn crop was 62 percent planted as of May 13, just about even with the five-year average. Top-producing states made major progress last week: Iowa’s crop was 65 percent planted, a gain of 25 points week over week; Illinois had 90 percent [...]
Growers have been busy getting the corn crop in the ground and as of May 6 had narrowed this year’s planting progress deficit to just five points behind the five-year average. In one week, Iowa jumped from 17 percent planted to 40 percent, and [...]
