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Planting lags in Southern Indiana

June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Statewide, 93 percent of intended soybean acres in Indian have been planted, five points ahead of the 5-year average, but in southern Indiana planting progress slips down to just 76 percent. Overall, 81 percent of the soybean crop is in fair-to-good condition.

The Indiana corn crop has a rating of 78 percent fair-to-good and the winter wheat crop is rated 75 percent fair-to-good.

As of Sunday, June 16, first cutting alfalfa was 78 percent complete, just 4 points behind the 5-year average, 74 percent of the state’s pastures are in fair-to-good condition.

Topsoil moisture in the state is 97 percent adequate to surplus.

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Planting 2013 nearly complete

June 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

As of Sunday, June 16, the Ohio field office of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) reported that soybean planting in the state was 97 percent complete, three points ahead of the 5-year average.

82 percent of the Ohio soybean crop and 73 percent of the state’s corn crop was in fair-to-good condition.

The three days suitable for field work last week allowed for some hay to be made, as of Sunday first cutting was 73 percent complete.

The winter wheat crop is beginning to turn color, 79 percent of the crop is in fair-to-good condition, down three points from a week ago.

Topsoil moisture is 95 percent adequate to surplus.

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Ohio 5th nationally in maple syrup production

June 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The combination of extremely favorable sap conditions and a long sap run in 2013 resulted in a very good year for maple syrup production in Ohio. According to the Ohio field office of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS), the record 155,000 gallons produced, topped the previous record set in 2011 by 24 percent.

Nationally, 2013 production totaled 3.25 million gallons, up 70 percent for the previous year.

Ohio ranks number five in maple syrup production, producing five percent of the total U.S. production.

Ohio maple syrup production by the numbers:

Total taps – 440,000

Syrup yield per tap – .352 gallons

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Corn planting complete in Ohio

June 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment

According to the weekly Crop and Weather report from the Ohio field office of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS), corn planting in Ohio is complete and soybean planting is nearing completion with 94 percent of the crop planted as of Sunday, June 9.

94 percent of the corn crop has emerged and 79 percent of the crop is rated fair-to-good.

The winter wheat crop in Ohio showed a slight improvement from a week ago with 82 percent rated fair-to-good.

79 percent of the state’s pastures are in fair-to-good condition, that’s down three points from last week.

Topsoil moisture in the state is 84 percent adequate to surplus, with 16 percent in the short to very short category.

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Missouri grower says big jump in corn

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Missouri corn planting took a big step this past week amid warm, dry weather.  Corn planting jumped 42 percentage points to 70 percent complete. That’s 21 days behind last year but just four days behind normal.

Past president of the Missouri Corn Growers Association, Billy Thiel, who farms in Malta Bend, in west-central Missouri, says he had only 30 acres planted early but got it all in this past week. He says that’s the fastest they’ve ever gotten corn in the ground.

“Oh yes, by far. That’s the quickest we’ve HAD to put it in.”

It’s the latest he’s ever STARTED planting. Thiel tells Brownfield over half the corn they planted last week is already up and he expects a decent crop…

“It’s won’t be a record crop for us but it could still be a very good crop. There’s still – we can make a lot of good corn. A few years ago we had to replant, planted in the first of June that made 200 bushel.”

Corn emergence statewide is 27 percent complete, 15 days behind normal.

Soybean planting is 13 percent complete, also behind last year and normal. One percent of Missouri soybeans have emerged. Temperatures were five to 10 degrees above average in Missouri last week and there was only about a tenth of an inch of rain.

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OH planting progress ahead of average

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

For the first time this spring planting season, corn and soybean planting in Ohio is ahead of the average pace.

As of Sunday, May 19, corn planting in Ohio was 74 percent complete, up 28 points from a week ago and 16 points ahead of the 5-year average pace of 58 percent.

20 percent of the corn crop has emerged.

The latest weekly crop and weather report has 45 percent of the intended soybean acres planted, that’s up from the 16 percent planted a week ago and 12 points ahead of the 5-year average.

4 percent of the soybeans have emerged.

79 percent of the Ohio wheat crop is in fair-to-good condition, down 1 point from last week. 14 percent of the crop is headed.

Pasture condition ratings declined slightly from a week ago with 77 percent in fair-to-good condition.

86 percent of the topsoil moisture in the state is reported adequate to surplus.

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Ohio corn planting reaches 46 percent

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment

In the 4 days suitable for field work in Ohio last week, farmers were able to plant 39 percent of the intended corn acres, bringing the corn planting progress in the state to 46 percent complete, which is just 3 points behind the 5-year average. Two percent of the crop has emerged.

Soybean planting also saw some good progress last week. As of Sunday, May 12, the Ohio field office of the National Ag Statistics Service (NASS) Great Lakes Region reported soybean planting at 16 percent complete, that’s up from the one percent planted a week ago.

Oats planting is 86 percent complete with 47 percent of the crop emerged.

The latest weekly crop and weather report has 80 percent of the wheat crop rated fair to good, 16 percent is called excellent.

80 percent of the state’s pastures are in fair to good condition.

Topsoil moisture statewide is 97 percent adequate to surplus.

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Turner named State Statistician in Ohio

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Great Lakes Region has appointed Cheryl Turner as the State Statistician in the Ohio Field Office. Over the past 23 years, Turner has served in various positions in the Ohio office.

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Well…someone in Ohio planted corn

April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The two days suitable for field work in Ohio last week allowed another 1 percent of the corn crop to be planted, bringing the 2013 corn planting progress as of Sunday, April 28, to two percent. The National Ag Statistics Service’s Great Lake Region reports that last year 54 percent of the crop had been planted, the 5-year average for Ohio is 25 percent.

52 percent of the oats has been planted and 17 percent of the crop has emerged.

82 percent of the wheat crop is in fair to good condition, another 14 percent is reported excellent.

Pastures in the state reported 80 percent fair to good, with 15 percent in the poor to very poor category.

Not surprising, topsoil moisture is 98 percent adequate to surplus.

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Just 1 percent of Indiana’s corn planted

April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

More rainfall last week left soils saturated and continues to put fieldwork on hold.  According Indiana’s latest weekly Crop & Weather Report corn planted acreage remained around one percent complete compared to 67 percent  last year and 30 percent for the 5-year average.  Soybean planting also remains on hold.

Forty-seven percent of the winter wheat acreage has jointed – nearly 40 percent behind last year’s pace.  Seventy percent of the crop is rated good to excellent; however some fields (and parts of some fields) will be abandoned due to damage from standing water.

Pasture conditions continue to improve as 61 percent are rated good to excellent.

With the unrelenting wet weather and lack of field work, weeds are becoming an issue in many fields and will require spraying before planting can occur.

Soil moisture continues to improve as 100 percent of the Topsoil and 97 percent of the Subsoil are now adequate to surplus.

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