During harvest seasons, end-users of corn are aggressively accumulating corn at these seasonal low prices to begin refilling the grain elevators in hopes of selling into higher prices in the coming crop year due to the contango price structure. The higher prices in forward futures contracts al...
As a result, with a 44% reduction in the area under corn to 84,400 hectares, the harvest decreased 35% to 861,000 tonnes. Meanwhile, a 75% increase in the area under wheat to 61,100 hectares and an increase in yield of 44% to 6.7 t/ha made it possible to harvest 2.5 times more...
HOUSTON (ICIS)–US farmers have completed 14% of the corn harvest with soybeans now at 13% finished, according to the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) weekly crop progress report. The weekly update showed that this corn harvest pace of 14% is above...
Qiao Zhenqun, who lost 100 mu of his 2,000 mu corn harvest this year, said the effect of the replanting was successful. The income from mung beans and sweet potatoes is expected to be slightly higher than from corn, based on the current market price. Data from the Henan investigation gr...
Moroccorn– with a short, four-day growth time, morrocorn has a quicker turnover rate and, if you can purchase the seeds from Shatolla as opposed to Lethe, doubles the money you invest into them (200 grilla seed, 400 grilla per crop) ...
Corn can be used in several ways as an animal feed in crop-livestock integrated systems. The objective of this experiment was to evaluate three harvest strategies of corn intercropped with pigeon pea Palisade grass on weight gain since grazing through finishing. A triple...
from bloom to harvest: cotton bollworms, European corn borers, fall armyworms, tobacco budworms, whiteflies, cabbage loopers, stink bugs.Plants can also be infected by endemic bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Among the most serious crop diseases are anthracnose, Alternaria leaf spot, leaf curl dise...
In corn, digital images were used to evaluate crop performance [46]. Studies have shown that the measurements of the leaf area of lettuce crops are performed via the traditional approach of counting leaves and electronic meters, which may or may not be destructible [49]. However, in large ...
it has a tough time controlling food losses. Researchers from home and abroad have calculated the degree of harvest loss for various grain types in various locations. Chegere calculated a 2.9% loss in corn harvesting using survey data from 420 households in rural Tanzania that were corn farmers...
Every year Big Horse Feed & Mercantile holds an annual Harvest Festival for the month of October. Our major attraction is our 11+ acre corn maze.