Tag: soybeans
Ohio seeks disaster declaration for farmers
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Farm Service Agency have made separate requests for U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster designation, in the wake of the wettest 12 months in the state's history.
Grain farmers facing ‘slow-motion disaster’
Compounding the poor planting season, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced June 10 that unplanted acres will not qualify for 2019 Market Facilitation Program payments.
Farmers unable to plant facing tough decisions
Farmers who have crop insurance need to make tough decisions regarding their growing season, and deadlines are looming.
Trade aid vs. prevented planting
Which option, Prevent Plant or MFP payments, would offer the most benefits to an individual farmer? There is no clear-cut answer, but, according to USDA, it does have to be one or the other.
Good weather has (some) farmers smiling again
Large areas of the Midwest still have very little planting done. Where it is good, it is very good, but where it is bad, it is awful.
Impact of trade war will hurt US farmers for years
Since Sept. 1, 2018, American soybean exports to China have declined by 80% of the three-year annual average. It will take years to rebuild that market.
Slow planting progress dominates grain markets
The reality of really delayed corn planting is that acres will be reduced by either prevented planting for a switch to soybeans.
Will delayed planting hurt yields? Maybe not
While farmers have had to delay planting because of wet weather, it's not panic time yet. If crops get planted in late May or early June, and we have good growing conditions, we could still end up with a good crop.
Is a soybean villain lurking in your field?
Get out your soil probes and shovels and help Penn State Extension, the SCN Coalition, and the Pennsylvania Soybean Board track the Soybean Cyst Nematode.
Weather, China, carryout = grim grain markets
The reality in today's grim grain markets is that the bad weather is not even in the USDA reports yet.
