yields

This year's winter wheat harvest is shaping up to be the leanest in nearly a decade, with the USDA projecting the lowest yield per acre since 2015.

While the farm economy seems to have stabilized in the Midwest and Northern Plains, it weakened in the rest of the U.S. this fall.  Producers are dealing with high costs and lower commodity prices.  According to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, “Agricultural activity was flat to down modestly, with some crop prices remaining unprofitably low.”   For the 12th district...

This week, Scott Parrish talks about the shift between focusing on maximizing yields versus maximizing profits.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

It was a busy Labor Day holiday weekend, for hundreds of USDA expert crop innumerators who visited farms nationwide in an effort to complete objective yield evaluations of crops for the upcoming USDA Crop Production Report. NASS' Lance Honig said those evaluators were scheduled to look at 7,800 field plots of corn, soybeans, and cotton, checking a variety of issues, including crop maturity levels

As part of its data collection for the upcoming forecast for crop yields and production, the USDA is surveying roughly 20,000 producers across the country, asking what they expect their yields to be. But NASS' Lance Honig said if you're one of the 20,000 who got a survey form it wasn't a random thing where your name was pulled out of hat ...

Researchers at Washington State University are looking at the potential biochar holds for farming communities and timber communities alike. Biochar is woody materials and forest residues converted into an amendment used to improve soil productivity ...

The FSA is reminding growers that the deadline to apply for PLC is just around the corner. FSA head Richard Fordyce says those interested in participating in the Price Loss Coverage program need to do so by September 30th. Between now and then, producers need to update their yields, which are used to calculate those PLC payments ...

Cat Salois talks about how M-Struct this planting season can help with yields and returns.           If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

Cat Salois talks about how M-Struct this planting season can help with yields and returns.           If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...