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USDA Reports 41% of Corn Harvested

October 11, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA reported 41% of corn crops harvested, above the 39% reported harvested by this time in 2020. The 5-year average for corn harvested in this week is 31%.

USDA Reports 29% of Corn Harvested

October 4, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA reported 29% of corn crops harvested, above the 24% reported harvested by this time in 2020. The 5-year average for corn harvested in this week is 22%.

USDA Reports 18% of Corn Harvested

September 28, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA reported 18% of corn crops harvested, above the 14% reported harvested by this time in 2020.

USDA Reports 8% of Corn Dented

August 10, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 8 reported 8% of corn dented, below the 10% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 11%.

USDA Reports 91% of Soybeans Emerged in the U.S.

June 21, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the report, 91% of soybeans have emerged, above the 86% reported emerged in the same week last year. The 5-year average for soybean emergence in this week was 85%.

USDA Reports 96% of Corn Emerged in the U.S.

June 14, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices

According to the latest Crop Progress report from USDA, some 96% of corn was reported emerged, above both the 94% emerged last year and the 90% emerged in the week prior. The 5-year average emergence rate for this week was 91%.

Cover Crop Strategies to Improve Nitrogen Cycling in Corn

August 19, 2019 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Balancing the supply and demand of nitrogen (N) in crop production is challenging. In most cases, application of N fertilizer is needed to ensure that adequate N is available to corn. Nitrogen that is not taken up by plants can be lost from cropping systems as nitrate through leaching or runoff, according to this article from the University of Minnesota Extension.

Understanding Allelopathy with Cereal Rye when Planting Corn

April 23, 2019 | Posted in Seeding Practices, Soil Health

Many grower avoid planting corn into fields where cereal rye has been seeded over fears that allelopathic issues from decomposing rye will stunt corn growth and ding yields. But Steve Groff believes allelopathy is often mis-diagnosed and yellow corn could be related to other management issues.