Personal Note: It is with a heavy heart I write this. Earlier in December I learned of the passing of Kim Ratz, who worked at Grain Farmers of Ontario for the last 13 years and 5 years with the Ontario Corn Producers Association before…
Dec 20, 2023
13 min
US and the World Harvest is in full swing across the great American corn belt; progress varying depending on where you are. In fact, it is over in many places. As of November, the 6th 81% of US corn harvest has been completed…
Nov 13, 2023
11 min
US and the World It is that time of year and combines continue to roll across the great American corn belt. As of October, the 8th, 43% of American soybeans had been harvested and 34% of US corn has been harvested. Dry weather…
Oct 16, 2023
11 min
US and the World It is September and soon we will hear the rumble and roll of combines harvesting soybeans. Across the greater North American corn belt there has been a plethora of different weather conditions this past growing season. Some areas of…
Sep 18, 2023
11 min
US and the World It has been uneven summer in much of the greater North American corn belt as different weather patterns have presented challenges for crops in the field. Earlier there was drought and very dry weather in much of the corn…
Aug 14, 2023
11 min
US and the World It is a very crucial time for grain production across the greater North American corn belt. Mid to late July is very important for pollination in the corn crop and soybeans are setting up for their pod filling time…
Jul 24, 2023
13 min
US and the World It has been an eventful last few weeks across the Great North American corn belt. What was a tremendous stretch of good planting weather with warm and dry conditions suddenly morphed into something much more troubling as these same…
Jul 4, 2023
12 min
US and the World Warm and dry conditions with the added component of smoke have inundated parts of the American corn belt over the last few weeks. In fact, increased drought conditions are making farmers nervous across this region as crops need rain…
Jun 12, 2023
12 min
US and the World It is that time of year again, where planters are rolling across the great North American grain belt. As of May the 7th about half of the American corn crop was planted and 35% of the American soybeans had…
May 16, 2023
11 min
US and the World Here we are, the end of April and for a large part of the corn belt we’re off to the races. It’s either go time for planting or it’s about to be go time as farmers across the great…
Apr 24, 2023
12 min
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