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USDA issues stocks and processes for peanuts each month. More details has been announced now on the month of February. Shell peanuts on a raw basis used in primary products and in-shell also was accounted in this report. Peanut usage is improving. Total edible use for seven months is up four-tenths of one percent with major improvements in peanuts and snacks. For the seven-month …
The Labor of Early Corn Harvesting Coming up on This Land of Ours, it’s the daily Ag History Minute. Mark Oppold brings us a glimpse into the demanding realities of early American agriculture—specifically, the challenge of harvesting corn. Growing corn has long been a cornerstone of American farming, but historically, harvesting it was an entirely different story. Before modern machinery …
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released details on the planting progress for both corn and cotton so far this season. USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey provides an overview on the planting progress for cotton, “In a lot of years, we only see planting progress this early in a couple of states, and Arizona is one of those. They lead the nation, …
It’s about planting time across the southeast, but a major problem for farmers, a three-month drought, has really got the farmers waiting to decide when to plant, how much to plant, and markets are changing. The war in Iran is creating some big issues, not only on the price of fertilizer, but on freight rates and fuel surcharges, and counting increases in energy costs …
The Roots of Agricultural Excellence Mark Oppold, in his American Agriculture History Minute, highlights the remarkable journey of Eugene Funk—a figure whose contributions helped shape modern corn production in the United States. Eugene Funk was born into a family deeply rooted in agricultural success. He was the grandson of Isaac Funk, one of the earliest settlers in McLean County, Illinois. …
Talking about the peanut market, as farmers try to decide what to plant this year, cotton is improving and that could influence the amount of acreage on peanuts. They say it’s going to be down 14% on the first estimate. The market is extremely quiet in all parts of the world, especially in the southeast of the U.S. and parts of Virginia and …
The National Cotton Council is praising the Environmental Protection Agency and Health and Human Services announcement related to microplastics. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the announcement relating to microplastics in drinking water and the human body. According to the National Cotton Council, “NCC is encouraged by EPA’s decision to designate …
Stocks in processing for peanuts has been released for the month of February. That’s coming from USDA’s Ag Statistics Service. They said shelled animal use of peanuts is up slightly from last year after last month posting a four percent drop. The peanut stocks reported a commercial storage of about 532 billion pounds equivalent farmer stock, and that is up 34 percent. So an …
Ag Statistics Service of USDA has released the estimated planted acres this year for all the major crops. They always announce it on March 31st to give us an indication of what’s going to happen on the farm this year. Checking on peanuts. Growers intend to plant 1.67 million acres of peanuts this year. That is down 14 percent across the country compared with last year. Acreage …
