The USDA report projects soybean production at 2,625 million bushels, down 120 million bushels because harvested area, reported in the June 29 acreage report, is 2.8 million acres below the past month's projection. Low soybean production figures in the report supported the soy oil complex that triggered rally in the other edible oil seeds like the mustard seed and castor seed at the domestic commodity bourses. Spot soy-bean prices at prominent mandis flared up amid huge demand by stockists...

Corn and soybean conditions and development are very favorable. Soybeans blooming are at 51 percent, compared to 33 percent last year and 31 percent for the five-year average. Topsoil moisture was rated at 2 percent very short, 24 percent short, 71 percent adequate and 3 percent surplus. Temperature and precipitation statewide were slightly below average this past week. Soybeans setting pods were at 5 percent, compared to 3 percent last year. Wheat harvest was at 96 percent, ahead of the...

Scattered and often heavy rainfall the past two weeks has dramatically improved field crops that were close to showing signs of stress after a dry month of June. In contrast, Kamenz said the recent rainfall here has helped produce some of the best crops in the province, barring those in isolated areas that have been hit by hail. In an article published by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, a plant physiologist with the University of Illinois writes that field crop plant...

Iowa's corn growers are poised to harvest the biggest acreage ever, according to an acreage report from the U. It's been a pretty dry summer for local producers so when the gates opened late Sunday night bringing some much-needed moisture to the area it was a relief for farmers and their parched crops. Britt's corn beats state average of 51 inches Sunday's rain quite possibly brought a resounding chorus of hallelujahs from local farmers. The dry weather may have little overall affect on...

Now, many fields are now full of soybean, which are traditionally harvested around the Fourth of July, and many farmers are crossing their fingers that the crop will last. And while the conditions of last summer and this summer are extreme opposites, area farmers are discovering the same result, low crop yields and poor field conditions. He and many others have been busy harvesting the wheat, not for the huge profit, but to make room for the soybeans, which many are counting on to turn a...