USDA on Friday revised its corn estimates for September, citing a
processing error involving acreage weights that affected yield estimates out of
Kansas and Nebraska. Despite the revisions, USDA did not change its October
yield projection of 181.2 bushels per acre or its production projection of
16.034 billion bushels.
BUSDA Acknowledges Corn Crop Yield Error
Last month in the column, we discussed which tractors farmers utilize on
their augers. For my own family's eastern Nebraska farming operation, it has
always been my grandpa's last tractor, a 1957 John Deere 620. We had several
farmers respond with their own favorite auger tractors they use at their own
bin sites.
BRuss' Vintage Iron
A slight temperature cool-down and increased rain potential hit the
Midwest, while market traders predict no rate hikes from the Fed.
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Cab time gives way to seasonal reflection for DTN's View From the Cab
farmers as they wrap up the 2026 crop season.
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Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States
for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.4 million head on
Oct. 1, 2026. The inventory was slightly below Oct. 1, 2025, USDA NASS reported
on Friday.
BUSDA Oct. 1 Cattle on Feed Report
