Successful Farming

1 day ago | agriculture.com | Sara Wyant

This week in Washington, D.C., Senate Republicans have been working round the clock to produce their “one big, beautiful” bill and deliver a final product to President Donald Trump before Independence Day. But they’ve run into a handful of objections from the Senate parliamentarian and the workaround could have a big impact on rural hospitals. Meanwhile, Trump pulled the plug on trade negotiations with Canada and his team pledged to unveil new trade deals with several other countries next week.

3 days ago | agriculture.com | Jessie Scott

On June 30, 2025, the USDA will release the annual Acreage report with corn and soybean planted acre estimates. In 15 of the past 20 years, corn acres have increased from USDA’s March Prospective Plantings report to June’s Acreage report. This year, Farmers Business Network (FBN) is anticipating a net reduction in planted corn acres by 300,000 acres, according to FBN’s U.S. acreage report.

4 days ago | agriculture.com | Mariah Squire

Half of the nation’s top corn-growing states are reporting corn silking, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report. Overall, 4% of the nation’s crop reached the silking stage during the week ending June 22, which is just ahead of the five-year average of 3%. Eight of the nine states reporting silking are ahead of their five-year averages, and the one that’s not ahead is on track.

5 days ago | agriculture.com | Mariah Squire

Today, USDA published the 12th Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers. As of June 22, 97% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had emerged. That’s just shy of the five-year average of 98%. The corn crop in Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota has reached 100% emergence, per the report. Together with North Carolina from the week prior, the corn crop in four states has completely emerged.

5 days ago | agriculture.com | Tony Dreibus

Corn futures were lower in overnight trading on forecasts for precipitation in some Midwestern states this week. Extremely hot weather to start the week will give way to rain, giving a boost to recently emerged corn and beans, according to forecasts from the National Weather Service. Chances for showers start Tuesday afternoon in parts of northern Indiana, southern Michigan and northeastern Ohio, the agency said.