Ground Work 2022: North Carolina Soybeans Maintain Yield Potential Despite Drought
2022 has continued to be the driest year I’ve seen in my 35 years of farming in my part of the U.S. Southeast. We received…
Ground Work 2022: Preparing for Promising Mississippi Harvest
I can tell that fall is just around the corner, bringing some rain and relief from extreme heat after a very hot, dry summer in…
Ground Work 2021: Post-Harvest Planning in Michigan Supports Sustainable Practices Next Year
We finished harvesting our crops in mid-November. Wet weather slowed all farmers in our region of the eastern U.S. Midwest, so after we finished combining…
Ground Work 2021: With Kentucky Harvest Finished, It’s Time to Plan for Next Season
It was a long, wet fall. Rain continued to slow soybean harvest. We finally finished cutting soybeans on November 30. In our area of the…
Ground Work 2021: Finishing This Season and Preparing for Next Year in Iowa
The weather has been a challenge in our area of the U.S. Midwest throughout 2021. Thankfully, it cooperated enough in November to allow us to…
Ground Work 2021: Cutting Alabama Soybeans and Preparing for Next Year
We finally finished harvesting our soybeans on November 24, marking the end of our very long harvest season. We started harvesting single-season soybeans on November…
Ground Work 2021: Alabama Soybeans Filling Pods as Harvest Season Begins
Our crops are maturing, and that means fall fieldwork is just getting started. With our crop rotation, that means we are managing crops in a…
Ground Work 2021: Illinois Harvest Just Underway
We had hot, dry weather the last two weeks of August, in my area along the Mississippi River in the heart of the U.S. Midwest.…
Ground Work 2021: Kentucky Soybeans Maturing and Corn Harvest Starting
Both our double-crop soybeans and our corn crop are looking really good. The soybeans are nearly finished blooming, and we have just started shelling corn.…
Reliable U.S. Soy: Exporter Provides Reliable Soy Delivery
First crop harvest and second crop planting take over in late July and early August in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. This hot,…