Corn was 65% harvested and soybeans were 81% harvested as of Sunday, Oct. 20, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress Report. Winter wheat was 73% planted.
The USDA's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has reached its highest enrollment level since 2013, with a notable shift toward Grasslands CRP, which supports grazing operations. Under the Biden administration, CRP acreage has increased by 5.36 million acres, now totaling 25.86 million acres -- just shy of the 27-million-acre cap established by the 2018 Farm Bill.
Farmers have myriad choices when it comes to seed treatments. DTN/Progressive Farmer sits down with Seed Life Brand Manager Katie Dowson to discuss these crop protection products.
Concerns shift from hurricane recovery to the current onslaught of wildfires literally sparked by harvest equipment. We'll also continue our ongoing Savvy Seed Decisions series.
Attention Customers
2025 IP Premiums now available! See the menu on the left hand side of the page! Sign up before the 15th of November for bonus premium and a chance to win! Order your seed at OEL ♦ London Knights on the ice again Friday, Oct. 25 - send us an email to office@oelevators.com for your chance to win a set of 4 tickets! ♦ Britt Hodgert, CCA-ON, has joined the team as IP Soybean Program Manager and will be overseeing this program as well as be part of OEL's expanding input sales program. A reminder to call Britt if you're considering pre-harvest burndown to arrange a field inspection: 519-719-8122 ♦ Brian Switzer, CCA-ON has joined the OEL team, after 26 years in the input business at Kirkton and Centralia. Talk to Brian at OEL's Centralia location for all your input needs! Give him a call at (519) 274-4798 for your fall P and K needs - custom appl and spreaders available.
A little birdie told us that a longtime OEL customer had a birthday on Oct 20th! If you happen to see Erle H, be sure to wish him a HAPPY 80TH!!
Quote of the Day
"Computers will never replace good old-fashioned human stupidity."
