USDA reported today that 55% of corn acreage had been planted as of May 3, nearly tripling the 19% of planted acres from a week earlier and just about doubled the 28% of corn acres planted a year ago on the same date.
One farmer we spoke with could hardly contain himself when talking about $8 corn and crop insurance payments. He says 2012 will be his best year ever for net income.
Nine Farm Equipment magazine staff reporters attended the Farm Progress Show of 2012 in Boone, Iowa, August 28-30th. Here is just a sampling of what they learned.
For the 35th year, farmers, farm equipment dealers and agribusiness professionals converged on the Saskatchewan Province town of Regina for Canada's Farm Progress Show. With 1.9 million square feet of indoor and outdoor exhibits and more than 45,000 attendees from 55 countries, it's the country's largest trade show.
Considering where corn and soybean crops were just a few weeks ago, yesterday's USDA crop progress report indicates that the condition of both is starting to look better.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, Jason Webster, commercial agronomist with PTI Farm, breaks the results of PTI Farm’s 2024 HIgh Speed Planting Corn Study.
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