Looking back over the past 18 months, Scott Davis, founder of Bullpen Trading, said he hadn’t seen any surprises coming out of USDA reports in all that time. Then Tuesday arrived. Davis was taken back ...

Learn about how crop yield is defined and measured, its significance, how technology enhances yield efficiency, and get ...

Pro Farmer economist Lane Akre led the Eastern leg of this year’s Pro Farmer Crop Tour. He says Pro Farmer estimated U.S. corn production at 16.204 billion bu. based on an average yield of 182.7 bu.

Researchers at the University of Missouri have found a mix of drones and AI can help farmers measure the health of their corn more efficiently. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

The Sept. 12 USDA National Ag Statistics Service Crop Report adjusted the projected 2025 U.S. average yields for both corn and soybeans slightly lower from the August estimates; however, both the corn ...

Many Iowa farmers can expect to pay slightly more to plant, maintain and harvest a crop in the year ahead, according to a new report from Iowa State University Extension and Outreach. Ann Johanns, an ...

With already thin profit margins and increasingly uncertain farm labor and other input costs, precision agriculture technology could improve New England’s small and medium-sized farms’ efficiency, ...

The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Report released on May 12 was the first official USDA projected corn and soybean production levels, usage, and ending stocks for the ...

The spring rains that have delayed corn planting in Iowa and across the Corn Belt to the latest date since the mid-1990s has prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reduce its estimate for this ...