Each Monday afternoon during the growing season USDA releases the Planting Progress report. Todd Gleason files this report on how it is assessed by the trade; and how really it is summer weather that make the difference, not the pace of planting.
Univeristy of Illinois Extension Agronomist talks with Todd Gleason about the amount of nitrogen available to the corn plant during the growing season, how that fertilizer faired over the warm wet winter months, when to plant corn, and if it is ok to plant soybeans earlier than normal.
There are two trade negotiations under consideration in the United States at this time. We often hear about TPP, or the Trans Pacific Partnership. The other is called T-TIP. Todd Gleason has more on the European perspective of this contentious deal.
