Category Archives: Agribusiness
Corn and soybean harvest underway
Soybeans are just now being harvested, with 44 percent dropping leaves, 73 percent turning color, and 71 percent good to excellent. (Photo courtesy: Flickr) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Cool and d...
Sep 23, 2020
Illinois corn harvesting has begun
Mark Schleusener, state statistician, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, says Illinois’ corn harvest has just begun. (Photo courtesy: Flickr)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois ...
Sep 15, 2020
Rainy weather pushed cash crops last week
Corn's 86 percent in the dent stage or beyond and 23 percent mature, with 70 percent rated good-to-excellent. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – Rainy weather pushed the two ...
Sep 09, 2020
Illinois starting to show up on NOAA Drought Monitor
Corn is twelve percent mature. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Despite the rain of this summer, parts of Illinois are starting to show up on the NOAA Drought Monitor."It's n...
Sep 01, 2020
Cash crops more than two-thirds good to excellent condition in latest crop report
About two thirds of corn and soybeans are in good to excellent condition. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)By Dave DahlSPRINGFIELD – Illinois' average rainfall was about an inch wetter than normal for...
Jun 29, 2020
An Illinois manufacturer is helping out around the state
Mark Denzler and U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (PHOTO: Dave Dahl) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD- Workers at a Springfield nursing home will be sporting John Deere products now. Not tractors or combines: face shie...
Jun 22, 2020
First week of June was good for farmers
After the fields were worked up, corn is almost all planted and ninety percent emerged. (Photo courtesy: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The first week of June was a good one in the ...
Jun 09, 2020
Compared to last year crop progress is great
Corn and soybeans are, respectively, 68 and 43 percent planted(Photo: Blake Haas/WJBC) By Dave Dahl Illinois crops are coming along – USDA state statistician Mark Schleusener says the pro...
May 12, 2020
A wet start to planting but not like last year
Corn is 56% planted as of now (WJBC file photo) By Dave DahlCentral Illinois was too wet for much planting last week, according to the latest USDA crop report.Corn is 56 percent planted and nine ...
May 05, 2020
State’s planting season off to a good start
USDA Illinois statistician Mark Schleusener says corn planting is up to 37 percent complete, compared to a 31 percent five-year average. (WJBC file photo) By Dave Dahl SPRINGFIELD – The s...
Apr 28, 2020
