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Seed companies work year-round to ensure adequate supplies for farmers. Bayer Crop Science unit lead Tyler Reiner oversees the safety, quality, and production of Bayer’s commercial soybean processing facility near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. “So it would be planning for what we we’re going to produce for the future, and what we’re currently producing.” He tells The post Seed production a year-round endeavor appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. Click the icon below to listen.     

A southern Ohio farmer says his crops are feeling the pressure from the lack of recent rainfall. Greg Corcoran says his area is now on the drought monitor. “I know driving around the other day is you could see, you know, places where corn was still here, dribbled up beans were leaves were turning,” he The post Ohio dryness causes farmer concern appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A Purdue agronomist says consistent rains helped crop progress across the state. Dan Quinn tells Brownfield rainfall helped the drought ridden areas. “We’ve had heavy rainfall, but a lot of the areas in the state needed it,” he says. “A lot of the farmers were commenting that they may not have to irrigate for a The post Consistent rains help Indiana crop progress appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A western Indiana farmer says weather has continued to prevent him from planting this season. Kevin Cox tells Brownfield they have their soybeans planted ahead of the rain expected Monday night.  “We had a little over 1,000 acres starting this morning of corn yet to plant,” he said. “We’ve got all of our beans in The post 36% corn, 34% soybeans planted in Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.