American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Crop Adjustments After the Civil War

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Field Crops, This Land of Ours

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. During the Civil War, wheat prices were higher. Many producers planted more wheat. With the end of the war, the bottom dropped out of wheat prices, and in older fields, wheat yields grew poor. Pests like grasshoppers, cinch bugs attacked the wheat, destroying whole crops in some cases. For many producers, …

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Peanut Harvest Continues to Roll Along

Dan Peanuts, USDA-NASS

Peanut harvest continues to roll along across the Southeast. Tyron Spearman looks at the latest numbers. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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National Peanut Board Awards Grants

Dan National Pork Board (NPB), Peanuts

The National Peanut Board (NPB) has awarded grants to advance food allergy research. Tyron Spearman has more details. For more of the history of NPB’s support of food allergy solutions, check out “Finding a Solution to Peanut Allergies: A 20-Year Journey of Courage, Innovation and Luck”. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners …

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Weekly Cotton and Peanut Harvest Update

Dan Cotton, Peanuts, USDA-NASS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) weekly crop report shows that as of this past Sunday, cotton harvest continues to be ahead of averages in most states. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey has this update.  And Rippey has a peanut harvest update. The USDA report notes this is how the cotton and peanut harvests were progressing across the Southeast as of this past Sunday: In Alabama, cotton …

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More Crop Production Forecast Numbers

Dan Cotton, Field Crops, Peanuts, Soybeans, USDA-NASS

Looking back at last week’s November Crop Production Forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tyron Spearman has even more numbers for peanuts, corn, soybeans and cotton. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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USDA Cotton Report

Dan Cotton, USDA-NASS

Last Friday, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released their November crop production reports. When it comes to cotton, the new forecast for all cotton production in the U.S. is 14.2 million 480-pound bales, slightly lower from the October report. Becky Summers has more of those numbers. More of these and other crop numbers are available on the NASS website. Also available …

American Agriculture

American Agriculture History Minute: Grain Silos Developed

Dan American Agriculture History Minute, Corn, Field Crops, This Land of Ours, Wheat

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. In 1873, Fred Hatch, a farmer from Illinois, built what is believed to be America’s first variation of the modern silo, trying to figure out how to store grain on his farm, also combating spoilage and rodent damage. Early rounded silos, like hatches, were made of brick or wood using cement, …

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Peanut Production Forecast Up from October

Dan Peanuts

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released their November Crop Production Forecast, which shows peanut production up slightly over last month’s report. Tyron Spearman runs through the new numbers.  Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024

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Corn and Bean Production Numbers Still Reflect Top Crops

Dan Corn, Field Crops, Soybeans, USDA-NASS

Even with an adjustment lower in corn and soybean production forecasts for November, USDA reports yield and production projections for those crops remain at near-record to, in one case, record high. Rod Bain has more details. To see more numbers from this USDA crop production report, click here. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsNovember 1, 2024Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst …