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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thank you to all Veterans for you service to this great country!
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ROBUST U.S. ECONOMY, HIGHER COMMODITY PRICES IN 2021, SAYS USDA
www.agriculture.com/news/business/robust-us-economy-higher-commodity-prices-in-2021-says-usda
Robust U.S. economy, higher commodity prices in 2021, says USDA
A resurgent U.S. economy will grow at its fastest pace in two decades after this year’s coronavirus slowdown, helping to boost commodity prices almost across the board, said the USDA.
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Harvest and Storage of Weather-damaged Corn for Silage
crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2020/08/harvest-and-storage-weather-damaged-corn-silage
Harvest and Storage of Weather-damaged Corn for Silage | Integrated Crop Management
Extreme weather events may lead to a decision to make corn silage rather than harvest corn for grain, or to harvest acres that will exceed current silage storage capacity. Before harvesting for silage, make sure you have a market for the silage or a sufficient number of livestock to feed it to. It m...
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Silage Harvest of Drought-Stressed and Severely Lodged Corn
crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2020/08/silage-harvest-drought-stressed-and-severely-lodged-corn
Silage Harvest of Drought-Stressed and Severely Lodged Corn | Integrated Crop Management
The decision to chop corn for silage should be made when there is no further potential to increase grain dry matter and whole plant moisture is in the proper range for the storage structure. The proper harvest moisture content is the same for drought stressed and normal corn. Recommended whole plant...
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Wind Damaged Corn – Nutrient Content?
August 17, 2020
crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2020/08/wind-damaged-corn-%E2%80%93-nutrient-content
Wind Damaged Corn – Nutrient Content? | Integrated Crop Management
The August 10, 2020 high winds (derecho) caused lodged or flattened corn in many Iowa fields. The corn development ranged mainly from stages R3 (milk) to R5 (dent). Some fields may not be harvested, some chopped for silage, and some harvested for grain. Nutrients such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P)...
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Wow. 37.7 Million acres affected in the Midwest with an expected liability of 6 Billion.
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On our post yesterday I mentioned the Soybean Gall Midge damage that we are seeing in our Manilla soybean plot. I went in for a closer look today and was able to get some good pictures of the larvae. At the present time, there's not much you can do about these little guys, other than know they are there. Research is being done on control options, but since they are a fairly new pest, there isn't a published control method.
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We didn't escape the storm damage that rolled through Iowa yesterday. We were not hit as hard as some areas, and we are thankful for that. A couple observations I noted as we were straightening signs and putting them back up: 1) The field signs on the soybeans were knocked over, all facing Southeast. The signs on the corn were all leaned Southwest. Apparently the wind was swirling in both directions. 2) The outside row of soybeans had some plants that broke over, laying Southeast. After closer inspection, it appears we have Soybean Gall Midge damage that I was unaware of. That is a new pest to Iowa within the last few years. The wind broke the stems in the outside row exposing the issue. 3) The continuous corn block took some damage as I expected. We are researching native CRW tolerance in some conventional hybrids and comparing the damage to single and stacked GMO rootworm traits. This leads to some stand-ability issues, but we're going to have some of that when you do this kind of work. 4) The corn on soybean ground demo had some damage as well, which was more hybrid specific. Lots of variables to consider