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Farmers across the Midwest have boosted crop sales as corn and soybean futures spiked after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed its 2024 harvest estimates on Friday, grain dealers in Iowa ...
Many Midwestern farmers still have grain left in storage from 2023, after they refused to sell a record corn crop due to low prices. Now, dry weather is accelerating this year's harvests and ...
According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the average U.S. yield for corn was 177 bushels per acre, up 3.3 percent over 2020 and a record high, with 16 states posting state records in output, and Iowa reporting a record of 205 bushels of corn per acre. Overall production of corn in the U.S. was 15.1 billion bushels for 2021.
Corn is the most valuable crop in Kansas – in 2022, farmers collected $3.6 billion from corn, at $7.2 a bushel, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That’s $1.5 billion more than ...
The soybean checkoff is a congressionally-mandated assessment on soybeans, whose proceeds are used to fund soybean research and promotion efforts. The checkoff is managed by the United Soybean Board under the supervision of the United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service. In 2014, the checkoff was $109.1 million. [1]
Test weight refers to the average weight of a cereal as measured in pounds per bushel (1bu. = 8 gallons or 2150.42 cu. inches). Test weight is an important predictor of milling yield for rice and flour extraction rate for wheat. USDA’s official weight per bushel for the highest grade for major cereals and oilseeds include: wheat and soybeans ...
Railroad grain elevator facilities (2014) 110 or greater grain car 100 to 109 Less than 99 Announced facility (2014) Corn fields in the United States The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States and part of the Southern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States.
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