Agriculture News
USDA announced today that it is updating the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for contract producers of eligible livestock and poultry and producers of specialty crops and other sales-based commodities.
Rural Mainstreet Index finds ninth consecutive month of above growth neutral reading on rural economies.
Tune in for coverage of the last day of coverage with scouts sampling fields in Iowa and Minnesota. Results for these states will be unveiled at 8:00 p.m. CT.
Mark’s observations and comments from the final day of Crop Tour.
Get preliminary route reports from Crop Tour leaders as they make their way through Iowa and Minnesota on the final day of the tour.
The northwest Corn Belt has been particularly hard-hit.
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The 30- and 90-day forecast maps maintain concerns about drought-stressed crops in the northwest Corn Belt but they signal crops in the eastern Belt should have the moisture needed to finish strong.
Aggressive buying by China (much of which was known) powered the strong showing.
Crop Tour Day 3 results show strong corn yield prospects for southwest Iowa.
Surprise, surprise: Illinois Crop Tour numbers raise questions over outsized yield expectations.
Mark’s observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.