The President signed a bill to increase the debt ceiling and the stock market crashed. Those were the two big stories in the financial markets this week. As a result, the media paid little attention to the fact that this week saw new all-time records for pork and hog prices. Iowa-Minnesota carcass prices averaged $106.30/cwt on Thursday. Lower-than-expected pork production and strong export demand are given credit for the hog price records. South Korea is suspending through September their tariff on chilled pork imports to counter high prices and short supplies caused as they fight a foot and mouth disease outbreak.
As seen on marketwatchonline.com
Friday, August 5, 2011
Farmland Sale Alert!
Buchanan County Farmland Offered- Luloff Farm Partnership
Written offers being solicited and due September 8, 2011. Closing March 1, 2012
136 acres, sections 15 & 22 in Byron Township.
Luloff Farm Soil Map
Written offers being solicited and due September 8, 2011. Closing March 1, 2012
136 acres, sections 15 & 22 in Byron Township.
Luloff Farm Soil Map
Crop Tour Information
Follow the links below to check out the stops, scout team leaders, and contest rules for the upcoming News From The Coffee Shop Crop Tour!
U.S. corn yields headed for 5-year low
U.S. farmers may see their lowest corn yields in five years, according to some analyst estimates, after extreme Midwest heat in recent weeks hit crops during the crucial pollination stage.
This year’s corn harvest is expected to produce nationwide yields averaging 150 bushels an acre, Commodity Weather Group, LLC, a Bethesda, Md.-based consultant, said in an Aug. 2 report. That’s 5.5 percent below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s current estimate, 158.7 bushels an acre, and would be the lowest yield since the crop averaged 149.1 bushels in 2006.
Commodity Weather Group analysts are among many who believe the USDA will downsize its crop outlook after a wet, cold spring delayed fieldwork and a recent bout of temperatures near or above 100 degrees Fahrenheit wave cooked corn fields across the Midwest. The USDA’s Crop Production report Aug. 11 is widely expected to reflect.... Finish this Article
Thursday, August 4, 2011
From Russ Fischels
Pete- Count me in for the crop tour on August 20... via email
Our Reply: We'll do Russ, Thank you!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Auction Alert
August 25, 2011
Fayette County Farmland Auction- Owner Jody Recker
Northeast Iowa Auction Co. Farmland Auction Selling 201 acres in two parcels @ 7pm in Oelwein at the Americon Legion Hall, 108 1st St. SW
Parcel #1 163 acres w/ CSR of 78, sections 22 & 15 in Smithfield Township. Tillable acres 144.4
Parcel #2 38 acres w/ CSR 67.5, section 22 in Smithfield Township. All tillable.
Fayette County Farmland Auction- Owner Jody Recker
Northeast Iowa Auction Co. Farmland Auction Selling 201 acres in two parcels @ 7pm in Oelwein at the Americon Legion Hall, 108 1st St. SW
Parcel #1 163 acres w/ CSR of 78, sections 22 & 15 in Smithfield Township. Tillable acres 144.4
Parcel #2 38 acres w/ CSR 67.5, section 22 in Smithfield Township. All tillable.
Crop Tour Sponsors
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From Marcus Norman
Not sure if this attachment will come through - but here is a good article on current conditions....sent via email
Stalk Cannibalization in Corn
We have been seeing this issue rearing it's ugly head in the area recently... sent via email
Goss's Bacterial Wilt & Leaf Blight
Our Reply: Thanks for sharing Marcus. Both articles are excellent reads and quite timely! Be sure to contact Marcus @ IAS if you'd like an expert scouting opinion.
Stalk Cannibalization in Corn
We have been seeing this issue rearing it's ugly head in the area recently... sent via email
Goss's Bacterial Wilt & Leaf Blight
Our Reply: Thanks for sharing Marcus. Both articles are excellent reads and quite timely! Be sure to contact Marcus @ IAS if you'd like an expert scouting opinion.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Grains Attractive Again!
Commodity Weather Group estimates that this year's crop will produce 12.621 billion bushels on a yield of 150 bushels per acre. SOURCE: Commodity Weather Group
Quoteable Quote
It is difficult to see the picture when you are inside the frame. - John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins.
Our Reply: How true is this?!
Our Reply: How true is this?!
One McDonald’s Every Day
By John Maday, Managing Editor Drovers
Third of pastures rated in poor shape
The seemingly endless saga of what we will feed the critters in the U.S. and how much those feedstuffs might cost — extended to forages this year by the severe southern drought — continues. And while the situation regarding concentrate diets (ie. those made up primarily of grains and protein meals) fed to simple-stomached animas carries a high price tag, the situation facing beef cow and stocker operations is, in many areas, critical.
USDA's weekly Crop Progress update reported today that 35% of the nation's range and pasture land was in either poor or very poor condition as of Sunday. That percentage is not all that out of the ordinary since the average for the same week over the last 5 years is 32.8%.
As seen on marketwtchonline.com
USDA's weekly Crop Progress update reported today that 35% of the nation's range and pasture land was in either poor or very poor condition as of Sunday. That percentage is not all that out of the ordinary since the average for the same week over the last 5 years is 32.8%.
As seen on marketwtchonline.com
Monday, August 1, 2011
This Just In!
Spahn & Rose Lumber Co. proudly donates measuring sticks for upcoming 2011 Buchanan County Crop Tour!
Special Thank You to Mike and the entire Independence Staff!
Scout Team Leader
Pete,
I would be very interested in being a guide for the crop tour. Please let me know if I can help in any other way also.
Thanks,
Thatcher Block
Crop Production Specialist
Innovative Ag Services
I would be very interested in being a guide for the crop tour. Please let me know if I can help in any other way also.
Thanks,
Thatcher Block
Crop Production Specialist
Innovative Ag Services
Iowa: Don't Stop Scouting - Diseases Love Heat and Humidity
By Alison Robertson, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University
Now is not the time to stop scouting.
It may not be pleasant out there (think pollen and hot), but the weather the past couple of weeks has been favorable for gray leaf spot development. Gray leaf spot development is favored by mean daily temperatures between 72 F and 85 F, and high humidity (higher than 90%). I have had several reports this past week of fields in which the gray leaf spot has developed up to the ear leaf. Northern leaf blight development has also been progressing in several fields in central Iowa.
I have been scouting my field plots the past couple of days and also have noticed that gray leaf spot and northern leaf blight have developed rapidly in the past two weeks. One thing I noted was disease severity was hybrid specific. I have several hybrids in my plots, but only one or two may be at threshold for a fungicide application (disease present on the third leaf below the ear leaf or higher). The affected hybrids always are rated more susceptible to disease.
Can a fungicide application be made after brown silk?
Yes. Most of the fungicides used on corn (Headline®, Headline AMP®, Stratego YLD® and Quilt Xcel®) have a pre-harvest interval of 7 days (Headline®) or 30 days (other products), which means in theory, a product could be applied up to R5 (dent). We have some data from 2007 through 2009 for foliar applications after R2 (blister; around brown silk), which is summarized in Table 1. Although the yield response with an R3/R4 application of fungicide was not as high as the other timings, there was low disease pressure in these trials. In general, yield responses to a fungicide application are greater when disease is present in the field.
Table 1. Effect of application timing on the mean yield response of corn to a fungicide in Iowa
If disease occurs after brown silk, would a fungicide protect yield?
Good question. There are few data I am aware of. Consider that:
If the disease threshold is met at R3 or R4, could a fungicide application protect yield, bearing in mind dry matter accumulation is 20 to 30 percent complete?
Harkin and Arkridge (2009) evaluated one (R4), two (R4 and R3), three (R2, R3 and R4) and four (VT, R2, R3 and R4) applications of Headline® on two hybrids in double crop corn in Alabama. On one hybrid, northern leaf blight was predominant, while on the second hybrid southern rust was predominant. A single application of Headline at R4 significantly reduced rust severity and, although yield was higher (95.8 bu/acre), it was not significantly different at the 5 percent level from the unsprayed check (88.7 bu/acre). Two, three and four applications reduced rust severity and resulted in higher yields (104.9-119.1 bu/acre). Similarly, with northern leaf blight, a single application of Headline at R4 reduced disease but multiple applications were more effective. Yields did not differ between treatments.
These data suggest that a fungicide application after R2 will slow disease development, although this may not always result in an increase in yield. However, reducing leaf disease could reduce stalk rot severity and therefore contribute to standability.
Now is not the time to stop scouting.
It may not be pleasant out there (think pollen and hot), but the weather the past couple of weeks has been favorable for gray leaf spot development. Gray leaf spot development is favored by mean daily temperatures between 72 F and 85 F, and high humidity (higher than 90%). I have had several reports this past week of fields in which the gray leaf spot has developed up to the ear leaf. Northern leaf blight development has also been progressing in several fields in central Iowa.
I have been scouting my field plots the past couple of days and also have noticed that gray leaf spot and northern leaf blight have developed rapidly in the past two weeks. One thing I noted was disease severity was hybrid specific. I have several hybrids in my plots, but only one or two may be at threshold for a fungicide application (disease present on the third leaf below the ear leaf or higher). The affected hybrids always are rated more susceptible to disease.
Can a fungicide application be made after brown silk?
Yes. Most of the fungicides used on corn (Headline®, Headline AMP®, Stratego YLD® and Quilt Xcel®) have a pre-harvest interval of 7 days (Headline®) or 30 days (other products), which means in theory, a product could be applied up to R5 (dent). We have some data from 2007 through 2009 for foliar applications after R2 (blister; around brown silk), which is summarized in Table 1. Although the yield response with an R3/R4 application of fungicide was not as high as the other timings, there was low disease pressure in these trials. In general, yield responses to a fungicide application are greater when disease is present in the field.
Table 1. Effect of application timing on the mean yield response of corn to a fungicide in Iowa
If disease occurs after brown silk, would a fungicide protect yield?
Good question. There are few data I am aware of. Consider that:
- The reproductive growth period in corn (VT to R6) typically lasts approximately 64-65 days.
- Dry matter accumulation starts at R2 and rapidly increases through approximately R5.75 (3/4 milk line).
- And 55 percent of dry matter accumulating after R5 (Abendroth et al, 2011).
If the disease threshold is met at R3 or R4, could a fungicide application protect yield, bearing in mind dry matter accumulation is 20 to 30 percent complete?
Harkin and Arkridge (2009) evaluated one (R4), two (R4 and R3), three (R2, R3 and R4) and four (VT, R2, R3 and R4) applications of Headline® on two hybrids in double crop corn in Alabama. On one hybrid, northern leaf blight was predominant, while on the second hybrid southern rust was predominant. A single application of Headline at R4 significantly reduced rust severity and, although yield was higher (95.8 bu/acre), it was not significantly different at the 5 percent level from the unsprayed check (88.7 bu/acre). Two, three and four applications reduced rust severity and resulted in higher yields (104.9-119.1 bu/acre). Similarly, with northern leaf blight, a single application of Headline at R4 reduced disease but multiple applications were more effective. Yields did not differ between treatments.
These data suggest that a fungicide application after R2 will slow disease development, although this may not always result in an increase in yield. However, reducing leaf disease could reduce stalk rot severity and therefore contribute to standability.
Prices up on possible Debt Settlement
Corn futures are called 7 to 9 cents higher, Brugler Marketing said. Sep 11 Corn closed down 24 1/2 cents or -3.55 % last week.
Soybean futures are expected to start the day session 12 to 15 cents higher, Brugler Marketing said. Aug 11 Soybeans were -1.88 % for the week last week.
As seen on marketwatchonline.com
Soybean futures are expected to start the day session 12 to 15 cents higher, Brugler Marketing said. Aug 11 Soybeans were -1.88 % for the week last week.
As seen on marketwatchonline.com
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