Real Agriculture

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For Manitobans, it looks more like December than November 1 out there, but at least harvest is done. For Ontario, however, so many thousands of acres of corn are now very wet and covered in snow, and. For Manitobans, it looks more like December than November 1 out there, but at least harvest is done. Read More

Acre 290

Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 290

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 29, 2024

You can’t manage what you don’t measure, and if you’re not measuring grain loss out the back of the combine, you could be losing two, four and even 10 bushels an acre on the harvest pass. Recognizing that both header loss and combine loss contribute to lower yield and volunteer issues for the next season,… Read More

Harvest 230

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 230

Western FarmPress

JUNE 7, 2024

Extension specialists weigh in on wheat planted in the Delta as farmers prepare for harvest 2024.

Harvest 116

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 116

Food Politics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

It comes from a policy report published on FarmDocDaily: Concentration of US Principal Crop Acres in Corn and Soybeans. The bottom line: 30% of harvested acres is devoted to corn, and another 30% to soybeans. A post on X (the site formerly known as Twitter) displayed this graph. This is industrial agriculture at a glance.

Industrial Agriculture 290

Industrial Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture Acre 290

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

According to USDA’s final crop progress report of the season, 96% of corn has been harvested — a 3% increase from last week.

Harvest 119

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 119

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 18, 2024

High-capacity combines are finding a fit in edible bean fields as growers look to cover more soy, corn, wheat and edible acres with fewer machines, and also take advantage of their gentler grain handling capabilities.

Harvest 162

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 162

AgWeb Farm Journal

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

According to USDA’s crop progress report, 93% of corn has been harvested so far – an increase 5% from this time last week.

Harvest 100

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 100

Western FarmPress

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Planting and harvest progressed full throttle for Arkansas's 1.41 million rice acres.

Harvest 116

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 116

Food Politics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Every now and then I run across a report about something I know absolutely nothing about but wish I did, and this is one of them—an analysis from the University of California on Sample Costs to Produce and Harvest Romaine Hearts Lettuce. Bill Marler, the lawyer featured in the film, does not eat bagged Romaine. Neither do I.

Food 305

Food Acre Seeding Harvest 305

Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. Vegetables, Potatoes, and Melons Harvested for Sale: 2022 and 2017 All of this is in miserable-to-read tables. It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9

Agriculture 288

Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 288

Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It is not a banner year, but Michigan Sugar says it expects between 30 and 31 tons per acre, with 16.7% sugar content, when harvest is complete.

Harvest 98

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 98

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This Syngenta seed company sells Golden Harvest hybrids using a different marketing strategy than the norm. Read on to learn more.

Seeding 115

Seeding Acre Harvest Harvesting 115

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Three out of every 10 acres have been combined so far this fall.

Harvest 119

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Crop 119

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I just wish we could have harvested what we worked so hard to grow.” From drought to an October hailstorm, producers discuss how the weather has wreaked havoc on their cotton crop. "I

Acre 111

Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 111

Western FarmPress

OCTOBER 10, 2023

growers eyeing winter wheat acres in Fall 2024. E-Corn-Omics: What that could mean for U.S.

Yield 116

Yield Harvest Harvesting Harvester 116

Agricultural Economics Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

planted nearly 50 million acres of wheat for the 2023 harvest, the largest acreage since 2016. That year’s winter wheat crop, which accounted for an average of 73% of total wheat acres, was the first crop planted after the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine sent wheat prices soaring. million acres.

Acre 70

Acre Crop Grain Harvest 70

Western FarmPress

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Perpetual rains have kept several Michigan growers from harvesting soybeans.

Acre 93

Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 93

Cropaia

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Planting and Harvesting Potatoes are typically planted in spring once soil temperatures reach 10°C (50°F), a benchmark for promoting uniform sprouting and robust early growth. Harvest timing depends on variety and climatic conditions, with maturity generally reached in 90–120 days. The effects of soil type on harvest include: 1.

Cultivation 81

Cultivation Harvest Harvesting Harvester 81

Food Politics

JUNE 19, 2024

Samples were collected from irrigation waters, soil, sediments, air/dust, animal fecal material, wildlife scat, and other sources across approximately a 54 mile (7,000 acres) area of the southwest growing region.” [ It’s about time the FDA did this ]. coli O157:H7 ” [ blaming wild birds for contaminating leafy greens is not going to work ].

Compost 299

Compost Mechanics Food Production 299

AgWeb Farm Journal

MARCH 14, 2024

It’s been said high-yielding corn needs 25" of moisture per acre per year. In 2023, when Mother Nature didn't cooperate, management strategies to retain moisture coupled with new traits made a difference at harvest.

Technology 125

Technology Seeding Acre Yield 125

Food Politics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million acres of higher value fruit, vegetables, and melons would be needed to generate $32.9B million acres of higher value fruit, vegetables, and melons would be needed to generate $32.9B This could be accomplished by approximately doubling the amount of land currently harvested for these crops. of US farmland. of US farmland.

Farming 249

Farming Farming Farmland Poultry 249

Food Tank

AUGUST 13, 2024

Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) is an organization working in Central America to provide technical assistance and training to rural farming families that will help them produce food in a more sustainable way. Roa believes that SHI is “on track” but she notes that they need more partners to get them there.

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Food 89

Civil Eats

AUGUST 21, 2024

and sovereign Indigenous nations, and grant unlimited harvests, even from private property. People of the First Light For thousands of years, the Wampanoag —the “People of the First Light”—have harvested fish for food, trade, art, and fertilizer. All but one of those acres, however, are landlocked. Not just food.”

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Aquaculture 135

Western FarmPress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Cotton Spin: While the abandonment rate remained the same, USDA cut yield per harvested acre across nine states in their September WASDE report. Learn more, plus other adjustments reflected in this week's report.

Crop 105

Crop Acre Yield Harvest 105

AgWeb Farm Journal

DECEMBER 11, 2023

West Texas is the largest cotton production area in the country, but after battling drought and heat, area farmers say the dryland crop is a failure, and the irrigated acres are only yielding half of normal.

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Crop Acre Harvest Harvesting 114

Sustainable Harvest International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

New York City, New York - The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced a Commitment to Action by Sustainable Harvest International (SHI) at its 2023 meeting in late September. SHI was recognized as a leader in the category Climate Resilience for its expansion of carbon-negative agroforestry and other agroecology practices in Central America.

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Agroecology 103

ProAg

JULY 26, 2023

Sunflower acres have decreased 20% this year compared to 2022 at 1.35 million acres. Harvested areas are also expected to decrease by 20% to 1.29 million acres. Oil-type sunflower acres are down 24% from last year, while non-oil varieties are estimated at 164,000, up 15% from last year.

Acre 52

Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 52

ProAg

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

state to complete soybean harvest in 2023. USDA data reveals the state’s soybean growers finished harvesting their crop the week ending November 5. Read more on soybean harvest in Louisiana here. The post Louisiana Completes Soybean Harvest, Battles Exceptional Drought appeared first on ProAg.

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Harvest Harvesting Harvester Forestry 59

ProAg

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An early corn harvest is well underway in Iowa. However, excellent genetic traits boosted what could have been a dismal harvest. USDA predicted Iowa corn yields to be about 200 bushels per acre. Read more on early corn harvest in Iowa here. The record statewide yield average was 204 in 2021.

Yield 59

Yield Harvest Harvesting Harvester 59

Western FarmPress

AUGUST 21, 2023

A Texas Coastal Bend producer yielded a career-best, harvesting more than 10,000 pounds to the acre. Planters Co-op handled 6.4 million bushels, over a million more than normal. The yields were astronomical."

Crop 98

Crop Yield Acre Harvest 98

ProAg

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Spring wheat harvest is raising some eyebrows. Spring wheat yields in North Dakota have been reported to be anywhere from 35 to 95 bushels per acre with as little as 5 miles between fields. Still, some farmers only harvested 20 – 30 bushels per acre. Read more on spring wheat harvest and quality here.

Harvest 52

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Yield 52

ProAg

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

bushels per acre, or 330.5% His operation recorded 19 inches of rain from May 1 through harvest, highly unusual for the typically drought-prone area where most of the farm’s acres are irrigated. The post Colorado Grower Harvests 130.95 Arnusch bested his own son’s record, with 130.69 more than the 30.6-bushel

Harvest 52

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Yield 52

Agricultural Economics Insights

AUGUST 7, 2023

harvested an estimated 340,000 acres of sweet corn – or just 0.5% of the area harvested for feed grain corn. Figure 1 shows the USDA’s NASS acreage estimates since 2016, which capture a notable decline of 138,000 acres, or 29%. Sweet Corn Acres, 2016-2022. In Alaska, 14 farms raised a total of three acres.

Acre 98

Acre Processing Distribution Harvest 98

ProAg

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Almost all of Iowa’s corn and soybeans have been harvested as of the latest and final USDA crop update for 2023. Harvest for both crops concluded about a week ahead of the five-year average, primarily due to late-summer heat and drought conditions. Read more on Iowa harvest conditions and yields here. Not as much as you’d think.

Yield 52

Yield Harvest Harvesting Harvester 52

Farm QA

AUGUST 14, 2023

The sugarbeet harvests in Minnesota and North Dakota are gearing up to begin around August 15th, weather permitting. Furthermore, the majority of the crop acres are showcasing good to excellent plant populations. This year, the crop saw an earlier planting compared to the previous year, averaging several weeks ahead.

Harvest 52

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 52

Agricultural Economics Insights

JULY 3, 2023

Acreage In 2022, the USDA estimated that 93,200 acres of watermelon were harvested in the U.S. Watermelon Acres Harvested, 2016-2022. Perhaps the most surprising state on the list is Indiana, at 6,900 acres, ahead of Arizona and South Carolina. Watermelon Acres Harvested, 2022. Data Source: USDA NASS.

Acre 98

Acre Harvest Harvesting Harvester 98

Real Agriculture

OCTOBER 11, 2023

What if there was a way to boost the number of acres harvested in a day by 20 to 50 per cent while reducing fuel consumption by a similar amount? Read More What if there was a way to boost the number of acres harvested in a day by 20 to 50 per cent while reducing fuel consumption by a similar amount?

Harvest 317

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Acre 317