This last week has really felt like fall. Cooler days, sunshine, and cool nights. Early soybeans are changing fast, corn silage harvest is closer to going full speed, lots of haylage off this week, ...
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We are in a lull right now as some early corn silage piles have begun and we are still waiting for corn to mature and corn chopping to go into full swing. We have ...
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It is surprising how a little rain can perk things up. There is actually some green in my previously burnt-out front lawn. Some of the corn I looked at yesterday in Ontario County looked ...
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There were some welcomed spotty rain showers this weekend that temporarily helped the crops but much of the northern part of the region received nothing. The cooler weather is also welcomed. A good part ...
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The US Drought monitor has expanded the yellow abnormally dry east into western Wayne County and south into all of Wyoming and the very top of Livingston and Ontario. I can’t believe we ...
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Wow, it is dry out there! I’m not telling you anything you do not already know. The weather forecast does not look good for NWNY for at least the next week. It is ...
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Another week of hot dry conditions. It looks like we will finally get a bit of reprieve starting tomorrow. Just need to get some rain. Last week, the US Drought Monitor finally had ...
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Corn Update We still could use some rain across the region. The cooler temperatures early this week have helped but a lot of corn is still showing stress across the region. More of ...
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Team members were away on vacation last week, so Crop Alert had to take a week off too. Riding across the region yesterday you can really see who is getting the rain and ...
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Pricing Corn Silage – Preliminary Fall 2025 Estimates by John Hanchar Summary Analysis suggests corn silage price depends upon corn silage quantities, alfalfa hay price, the price received by farmers for milk, and ...
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