plantings

After dealing with snow on the ground well into March, and extremely soggy soil, there was some concern what potato growers could expect for 2019.  Chris Voigt, Executive Director of the Washington Potato Commission said that pushed planting back about a month.  Bu...

When taking a look at the latest winter wheat numbers, planting are running well behind normal.  And as USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey points out, much of that is due to Mother Nature.   "Amid the very cold and even frozen conditions, still, at least on paper attempting to plant winter wheat."   ...

Winter wheat planting is progressing slower than last year.   "Like so many other crops, we have delays in field work. First of all the plant process, 84% complete by November 4th. That's behind the 5-year average of 90%. Last year at this time we were at 90%," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey.  "O...

According to the USDA, cold wet weather moving across the middle portion of the United States has slowed down the winter wheat planting and emergence numbers nationwide.  Currently 65% of the crop has been planted which is behind the five-year average by two-percentage points.  Ho...

Soybean planted acreage topped corn for the first time since 1983 as the USDA released its Planted Acreage Report on Friday.  Soybean acreage is 89.6 million acres.  That’s actually one percent lower than last year as planted acres are either down or unchanged in 14 of the 31 biggest soybean states.  Corn acres are also dow...

While it's been slow, some progress has been reported when it comes to spring wheat plantings.   "We saw overall progress advancing from 10% planted a week ago to 30% on May 6th, five-year average 51%, last year 51%," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey. ...

The area of winter wheat seeded is slightly down from the previous year per USDA, and that has drawn some attention in a couple of areas.  It may be the most surprising news that came out of the USDA's release of crop productions, supply and demand and grain stock reports on Friday.  ...

Winter wheat planting wrapping up across the U.S.   “95% of the winter wheat planted by November 12th is equal to the average, and one point ahead of last year," according to USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey.   “We now see winter plantings complete in a number of major production states including Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington,” Rippey added.   He notes emergence