USA: Dryness across Ohio leaves crops to struggle

Published 2024년 8월 5일

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Scott Bugg, a district sales manager for AgriGold Hybrids, highlights that dryness has adversely affected crops across the state, with the northwestern region suffering the most. The USDA's latest report shows that 64% of corn and 63% of soybeans are rated good to excellent, with 91% of corn silking and 90% of soybeans blooming. Additionally, the third cutting of alfalfa is 45% complete, the second hay cutting is 80% complete, oats are 94% mature and 83% harvested, with topsoil moisture at 55% adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture at 44% adequate to surplus.
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A district sales manager for AgriGold Hybrids says it’s been a rough year in the field. Scott Bugg says dryness across the state hasn’t benefited the crops. “Some pretty rough looking crops out there. Some areas, they just have not been able to win with Mother Nature,” he says. “We’ve been really dry throughout a lot of the state here recently and from what I’m seeing so far, the these crops are hanging there.” According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated ​64 percent good to excellent with ​91 percent silking. Soybeans are ​rated ​63 percent good to excellent, with 90 percent blooming. He tells Brownfield the northwestern part of the state has struggled the most. “When you just plant in less ideal conditions and then turn off hot and dry, it just drops,” he says. “Just don’t stand much your chance ...

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