U.S. Crop Newsletter -2015

Soft red winter wheat is selling for 64 cents more than hard red winter wheat, a crop marketing specialist said.

The American corn and soybean crops are showing the effects of late plantings and heavy moisture, said Moe Agostino, chief commodity strategist with Farms.com Risk Management.

Cutting Input Costs

Soil tests provide the likelihood that a crop will respond to a nutrient, a soil fertility specialist said.

Managing Soybeans as a Cover Crop

Using a drill with row spacing less than 10 inches for soybean will increase canopy closure by a few days, an agronomist said.

Managing Hailed Out Crops

If the main corn stem starts to grow again and new leaves come out of the main stem, then there is little damage, university specialists said.

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Corn Sep 19
425-4	434-0	423-6	430-6s	+6-2

Feeder Cattle Aug 19
139.425	140.400	139.125	139.975s	+0.550

Lean Hogs Aug 19
82.750	84.550	82.000	83.875s	+1.100

Live Cattle Aug 19
107.475	107.850	107.100	107.600s	+0.200

Soybean Aug 19
881-6	905-6	879-4	901-4s	+20-2

Wheat Sep 19
494-6	516-6	492-4	502-4s	+9-0

Cdn Dollar Aug 19
0.76800	0.76800	0.76840	0.76660s	-0.00110

Controlling Buffalobur

The Hefty brothers talk about which herbicides can keep this weed under control.

Weather Update

Cooler temperatures could be right around the corner, an ag climatologist said.

Controlling Japanese Beetles

If there’s more than 30 percent defoliation while soybeans are in the vegetative stage, treatment may be necessary, an entomologist said.

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CHS Inc. | White River, SD

Research Associate, Plant Breeding

Corteva | Orange City, IA

Office Administration

Wilbur-Ellis Company | Leona, KS