Late-August Crop Ratings Show Delayed Soybean Crops
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) issued its last weekly update of U.S. crop ratings and development for August on…
Conservation is Just a Way of Life for this U.S. Soy Family Farm
The Johnson Farm of Frankfort, South Dakota is this year's winner of the South Dakota Leopold Conservation Award. In 1986, the family went 100 percent…
July WASDE Provides Minor Adjustments for U.S. Soybean Fundamentals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its monthly supply and demand estimates on Thursday, July 11. In the report, there were a handful of…
Initial U.S. Soybean Crop Ratings Point to Challenging Yields in 2019
The U.S. soybean crop appears to be off to its worst start of the growing season in 27 years. According to the U.S. Department of…
Poor Start to Monsoon Adds Doubts to Indian Soybean Output
There has been increased focus in mid-June on India, as the annual Southwest Monsoon has been slow to develop in 2019. The monsoon, which brings…
USSEC Reports that Most U.S. Specialty Soybean Growers Anticipate Above-Average Yields
U.S. specialty soybean growers across the country are reporting good news about this year’s crop quality and yields, with many attributing that outcome to the…
We Feed the World
Missouri soybean farmer Todd Gibson, who began farming in 1993, notes how technology has changed since that time. He points out how updated equipment and…
Catching Up on Paperwork
Although I’m catching up on paperwork this week, the men on the farm are weaning, vaccinating and worming calves. We’ve also been working in the…
The best soybean yields that we’ve ever had
Harvest went great for us this year. We had the best corn and soybean yields that we’ve ever had. The prices were down a bit,…
Saving the Soil for the Future
If you walk through the fields on Laura and Bill Foell’s corn and soybean farm in Iowa in the spring, you might notice seedlings poking…