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USDA Reports 22% of Corn Dented

August 16, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices
USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 15 reported 22% of corn dented, above the 21% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 22%.
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USDA Reports 8% of Corn Dented

August 10, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices
USDA's crop progress report for the week ended August 8 reported 8% of corn dented, below the 10% reported dented in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn dented in this week was 11%.
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USDA Reports 79% of Corn Silking in the U.S.

July 26, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices
According to the most recent USDA crop progress report, some 79% of corn crops were reported silking as of the week ended July 25, in line with the 79% reported silking in the same week last year. The 5-year average for corn silking in the week was 73%.
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Minnesota Grower Turns to Covers to Battle Erosion

July 26, 2021 | Posted in Seeding Practices
Source: Winona Post
The emergence of no-till and cover crop farming practices on farms like Sheldon Luehmann’s near Altura might mean that farmers might soon be able to turn their plowshares into something else entirely. Although young, Luehmann already is confident enough to begin experimenting with unconventional techniques. Read more in this article from the Winona Post (Winona, Minnesota).
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Develop Mutually Agreeable Lease Terms to Reap Soil Health, Yield Rewards

Tenants and landlords should work together to resolve the many logistics around cover crops, including the number of acres planted, expenses, profits and other issues.
By Libby Wawzenek posted on July 22, 2021 | Posted in Grazing
Statistics show that cover crop adoption is on the rise across the U.S. There was a 50% increase in the amount of land on which farmers planted cover crops between 2012 and 2017, according to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture. 


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