This month’s newsletter, from Dr. Todd Davis, includes analysis on WASDE, basis, projected futures trading ranges to harvest, risk management opportunities, and more.
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Results of the 2019 Kentucky Corn Yield Contest. Winners were honored at the Kentucky Commodity Conference on January 16, 2020.
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Once again, we have record-breaking yields for our soybeans. There was a total of 5 entries that exceeded 100 bushels per acre; two of which were not irrigated.
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Join us at Siemer Milling Co. Conference Center for the Winter Wheat Meeting on January 7.
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Undergraduate students can apply for a hands-on research internship next summer with the University of Kentucky Grain and Forage Center of Excellence.
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Corn Silk Farms of Logan County had the highest overall yield and highest No-Till Division yield in the commonwealth, achieving 126.88 bu/A using AgriMaxx 485 seed.
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The Wheat Initiative’s - Agronomy Expert Working Group is trying to better understand how knowledge mobilization and technology transfer tools can be adapted to meet regional needs in a digital world.
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Kentucky farmers harvested 25.1 million bushels of winter wheat during the summer of 2019 according to the Kentucky Field Office of USDA'S National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was up 27 percent from the previous year. Yield is estimated at 76.0 bushels per acre, up 10.0 bushels from 2018.
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While the grain markets continue to struggle with understanding the size of the 2019 corn and soybean crops, the market pretty well understands the 2019 winter wheat crop’s estimated production. As of August 19, USDA’s weekly Crop Progress report pegged the winter wheat harvest in the U.S. as 93% completed.
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The abundances of aphids during the fall might be the critical period when aphid species that are carrying BYDV can potentially reduce incomes of growers.
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Italian ryegrass (AKA: annual ryegrass) continues to be a major weed in Kentucky wheat acres, and has arguably become tougher to control over the last several years. This spring in particular we observed numerous wheat fields in western and central Kentucky that had ryegrass escapes late in the season and at harvest.
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Most winter wheat grown in Kentucky follows corn – sometimes soybean. The residual nitrogen (N) fertilizer remaining and/or that N released from crop residue is typically sufficient to meet wheat’s fall N requirement, prior to dormancy. But how does one know if sufficient N is present to meet the wheat N requirement?
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Kentucky wheat producers have a critical decision to make at this time of year: choosing the wheat varieties that they will plant this fall.
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Kentucky farmers proudly provide high quality grains for feed, food, spirits and fuel use throughout the southeastern U.S. and around the world. They produced a record level of soybeans, and the 6th largest corn crop in 2018 (Table 1) due to record acreage and near record yields.
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In a typical year, the August Crop Production report provides insight into the size of the corn and soybean crops. The historically late-planted corn and soybean crops have created uncertainty about the planted area and yield potential. The August reports included a re-survey of planted area in states that account for 85% of U.S. corn and soybean production.
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The soybean gall midge is an insect that it is difficult to manage due to its feeding behavior.
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As the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) increases in numbers in Central and Western Kentucky, we will see it attacking various crops. Sweet corn is one crop that it can build to high numbers on, while also inflicting serious injury.
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Curvularia leaf spot is a corn disease that was reported for the first time in the United States in Louisiana in 2017; its presence was confirmed in Kentucky in 2018. While the impact of this disease in Kentucky is not yet known, it can cause yield losses in other areas where it occurs.
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