Overall, after scouting 449 fields across Kansas this week
- and some
into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma
- the total weighted average yield for
the 2024 hard winter wheat tour was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre, a 55%
increase from 2023 and the fourth-best predicted average in the past decade.
4^2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour Recap
The House Republican farm bill raises reference prices more, allows all
producers to obtain new base acres and makes other, bigger improvements to the
farm safety net than the Senate framework that has been released. The House
will push to markup the bill in committee next week. The 942-page bill outlines
programs and authorities at USDA for roughly $1.4 trillion in spending over the
next decade.
1^House Farm Bill Text Details
The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to continue
investigating whether 2,4-D producers in China and India have been dumping the
chemical on the U.S. market after Corteva Agribusiness LLC filed a petition in
March.
BUS Trade Body Investigates 2,4-D Claim
The GPS-battering solar storm that interrupted planting 2024 last weekend
may soon return. But if farmers watch for alerts, there are things they can do
to manage its impact.
BManage Effects of Solar Storms
After the tornado outbreak in the Midwest this spring, the Propane
Education and Research Council (PERC) announced earlier this week it will
double its Propane Incentive Program for those farmers affected by the
tornadoes. Producers in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Ohio who
were affected can apply from now until Dec. 31, 2024, and can earn double the
incentive amount for certain propane-powered equipment.
BPropane Incentives Grow After Tornadoes
