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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
U.S. farmers planted 6% more corn acres this spring than last year but 5% fewer soybean acres, which is likely to drive U.S. soybean exports lower because of tighter supplies and higher prices.
Drought has spread into regions this fall essential to the Biden administration’s plans to boost wheat production through double cropping, but many farmers who follow the practice in their normal rotations haven’t strayed from their plans to sow winter wheat this fall.
Farmers in the Corn Belt are behind on planting spring crops this year, with cool and wet weather keeping them out of their fields. Many are now racing to get their corn and soybean acres planted before they reach the cutoff dates for federal crop insurance programs.
High commodity prices are fueling farmers' optimism as planters get rolling this spring, but in some areas the lack of rain this spring is making producers nervous as they plant into the dusty ground.
Midwestern row-crop producers should expect a not-too-hot-but-wetter growing season from June through August, according to a National Weather Service summer outlook.
Andrew LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association, discusses how seed companies are working towards securing the food system by making sure farmers, ranchers and gardeners have access to quality seed for the upcoming planting season.
A cold, snowy April could challenge farmers and their suppliers, but if the warmer forecast holds and new technologies can help, producers should be able to stick with their planting intentions.
WASHINGTON, May 10, 2017 – On the heels of a late snowfall devastating much of the Kansas winter wheat crop, the Department of Agriculture is projecting a 25 percent drop in U.S. production from a year ago.
