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Harvest highlights: High moisture contents and lodged crops

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Weather conditions have drastically slowed harvest, with lodging difficulties delaying the combines. A sliver of light is that overall winter barley yields concluded well this season.

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Farmer Focus: Wet harvest misery with half of wheat lodged

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly And it’s still raining – a further 30mm over the weekend has continued to make farming challenging. In most fields, 50% has now lodged, which is very frustrating. Fields are getting soft even for travelling.

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Harvest 2023: Waiting for dry weather window to continue cutting

Farmers Weekly

Farmers Weekly Farmers need a weather break to get safely started with their harvest, but the week ahead is not forecast to allow it. Specific weights are suffering as a result and lodging fears are emerging.

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This Week in Agribusiness, May 11, 2024

Western FarmPress

waterway system, WASDE recap, pork producer issues, the Fendt Lodge, Farm Progress Show, Husker Harvest Days and sorghum trade opportunities are highlighted this week.

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The Business Behind the Farm Visit

Modern Farmer

Visitors to Topaz Farm on Sauvie Island just outside of Portland, Oregon last October didn’t encounter a corn maze but rather a kid’s maze cut through a field of sorghum. It’s easier on the soil, explains Kat Topaz, who owns the farm along with Jim Abeles. We call ourselves an ‘experience farm,’” says Topaz.

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6 Causes of Soybean Harvest Loss

ProAg

With most of the nation’s soybean harvest complete, many growers may be wondering where yields could have been improved. South Dakota State University Extension offers six explanations for unexpected soybean harvest losses: 1. Shatter loss that comes from additional beans lost on the ground when pods open during harvest.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Unable to muscle Mexico City into reversing course, the US trade representative, Katherine Tai, last August lodged a formal complaint with the secretariat of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It alleges that Mexico’s decree constitutes a trade violation that infringes on the superseding rights of US farmers and biotechnology companies.

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