"It's been 28 degrees for about an hour in north-central Iowa. In the low-lying areas, it has a coating of frost. I would call it a killing frost there," says Agriculture.com Marketing Talk senior contributor BA Deere. "My corn is black layered, beans have all turned and dropping leaves here and there, so this frost has to ding 'em a little. There are green soybeans in the area. I hear of corn in the Dakotas that hasn't dented yet. This cold snap has to grawlix the yield overall a little."
The cold is ending crop growth in the region, although damage to soybeans is occurring in well less than 10% of the Corn Belt.
Who would think with the recent weather throughout the country this once again would occure. Sweet corn prices last year were 40 dollars cwt, now this year will the prices drop considerately or will they continue to rise as the worlds population elevates. "American agricultural exports are expected to increase 23 percent this year to $101 billion, a record. The world's grain stockpiles have fallen to the lowest levels in decades."- New York Times.
Over 55% of Iowa corn goes to forgein markets, with the weather the farmers are facing now its time to saddle up and chrage the mountain. Thanks for reading today :)
The cold is ending crop growth in the region, although damage to soybeans is occurring in well less than 10% of the Corn Belt.
Who would think with the recent weather throughout the country this once again would occure. Sweet corn prices last year were 40 dollars cwt, now this year will the prices drop considerately or will they continue to rise as the worlds population elevates. "American agricultural exports are expected to increase 23 percent this year to $101 billion, a record. The world's grain stockpiles have fallen to the lowest levels in decades."- New York Times.
Over 55% of Iowa corn goes to forgein markets, with the weather the farmers are facing now its time to saddle up and chrage the mountain. Thanks for reading today :)
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