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15 Aug 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst It may be obvious to anyone who filled out their own Farm Service Agency (FSA) acreage maps this year, but less so to others in the industry, so I thought it would be worthwhile to point out the math behind the mechanism that resulted in 11,210,627 acres being counted by the USDA's Farm Service Agency as "cor...
15 Aug 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Like many farmers, Scott Wallis had a hard time swallowing the August Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand (WASDE) reports that came out this week. "I expected a lower planted acreage figure, but an increase in average national yield makes no se...
14 Aug 2019
By Dana MantiniDTN Senior Analyst The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for August was a shock, with corn acreage, yield and production well above pre-report expectations, which sent corn to limit losses. While the soybean report was mildly supportive, wheat production was bearish. December corn finished off 25 cent...
14 Aug 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- What's worse -- too much rain or too little? The 2019 season is putting that question to the test in Kansas and Missouri, where rainfall and flooding has challenged corn and soybean yields nearly as much as the drought that spanned both states last year. The DTN/Progressive Farmer 2019 D...
14 Aug 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Considering the wet spring that plagued Nebraska and South Dakota this year, corn and soybean yields are holding their own, but growers say average yields conceal a wide variation of crop conditions. The DTN/Progressive Farmer 2019 Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligenc...