Combine harvesting corn

Corn Harvest at 45% Lags Average; Soybeans 89% Done

October 30, 2017
At 45%, Nebraska's corn harvest still lags last year (66%) and the five-year average (67%) will be slowed further in areas where high winds last week downed cornstalks and ears. Soybean harvest, however, is 89% done and near short- and longer term averages. Dry edible bean harvest was 96% done, but sorghum harvest was 47% done, well behind average.

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Mature corn and soybean at harvest time

With Above Normal Temps, Soybean and Corn Harvests Progress

October 23, 2017
Nebraska crop harvest was 67% complete for soybean, 26% for corn, 34% for sorghum, and 84% for dry edible beans, according to the Oct. 22 report from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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Corn harvest

USDA-NASS: Just 17% of Corn and 33% of Beans Harvested

October 16, 2017
As of Monday corn harvest was 17% done, well behind the five-year average of 39%, and soybean harvest was at 33%, well behind the average of 67%. Harvest progress in many other corn and soybean production states also lagged.

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USDA NASS: Wheat Planting & Corn Harvest Lag

September 25, 2017

Winter wheat planting and corn harvest lagged a bit last week compared to previous years, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Sunday, September 24. Temperatures averaged near normal across western Nebraska, but six to ten degrees above normal in the east.

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Potato Production in Nebraska

September 18, 2017

Final production for the 2016 Nebraska potato crop totaled 7.38 million hundredweight (cwt), up 7% percent from 2015, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Planted acres for 2016 totaled 16,500, up 6% from 2015.

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Map of forecast corn grain harvest and percent change from the last forecast.

Record High Harvests Forecast for Nebraska Corn and Soybean

September 13, 2017
Based on September 1 conditions, USDA NASS forecasts record highs for Nebraska's corn and soybean crops. Corn is forecast at 1.72 billion bushels, up 1% from last year, and soybeans are forecast at 316 million bushels, also up 1% from last year.

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USDA: Corn Maturity Lags Slightly; Soybeans on Track

September 11, 2017
Approximately 87% of the state's corn had dented and 18% had reach maturity, behind the five-year average of 27% at maturity by this date, according to the September 11 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report on Nebraska crop progress and condition.

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Nebraska Farm & Ranch Expenditures Down from 2016

August 15, 2017

But Several Expense Categories Far Exceed National Averages

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