Posts With Keyword ‘Corn’

USDA Releases Crop & Weather Report

Posted: Saturday, June 9th, 2012 at 6:24 am

The USDA has released the crop and weather report for last week.

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Crop & Weather Report

Posted: Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 6:23 am

According to the most recent crop and weather report, planting progress was slowed last week.

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Forecasts Say Grain Yield for Corn Slightly Down, Soybean Production Slightly Up

Posted: Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 at 6:22 am

As of November 1st, Iowa’s 2010 corn for grain yield was forecast at 167 bushels per acre, down 2 bushels per acre from October 1st.

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Washington Farmers Report Low Corn Yields, Higher Corn And Pork Prices

Posted: Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 at 6:32 am
Area Farmers Are Beginning The Fall Harvest.<br /> (Carolyn Kaster / AP)Area Farmers Are Beginning The Fall Harvest.
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Local growers are harvesting lower corn yields than this time last year.

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European Union Now Accepting More U.S. Corn, Iowa Farmers To Benefit

Posted: Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 6:22 am

The European Union is now accepting six varieties of genetically modified corn grown in the U.S.

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Washington Farmers Better Off Than Areas South, East of County

Posted: Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 6:28 am
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There are few jobs where you can do everything right and still be slowed by factors outside of your control, a condition Washington County Regional Farm Bureau Manager Jerry Anderson says Iowa farmers now face.

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Dept. of Transportation Issues Tall Corn Driving Warning

Posted: Friday, July 16th, 2010 at 6:24 am
(http://open.salon.com/blog/procopius)(http://open.salon.com/blog/procopius)

Four people were killed and 49 injured in Iowa in 2009 from crashes at rural intersections caused by obstructed view from trees and crops, accidents that cost the state nearly half a million dollars.

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Rain Lowers Good To Excellent Corn Crop

Posted: Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 6:39 am

Good to excellent rated corn in Iowa fell this week to 65%, a 7% loss from last week’s 72% rating.

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Rain Affects Local Farmers

Posted: Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 6:28 am

Washington has received about 11 inches of rain this month, and needs less than 2 ½ inches to break the June precipitation record set in 1930.

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Wanted-corn

Posted: Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 3:23 pm

Wanted
Bushels of eared corn for squirrels
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