Pete's Pick of the Week

Growing degree days (GDDs) are a more reliable method to predict corn emergence and development than calendar days. Start calculating GDDs daily the day after planting. Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie explains.

Corn planting is now 2% ahead of the five-year national average, while soybeans are currently 4% ahead, according to the April 22, 2024, USDA Crop Progress report.

Jon Scheve discusses why basis is increasing across the U.S. and what it will take for corn prices to rally in the next few months.

Between 2014 and 2023, the average annual number of fatal shark attacks worldwide was 5.8 vs. 19.7 fatal wild pig attacks. In 2024 alone, there have already been seven deaths from wild pig incidents. Chris Bennett shares the sobering realities of the growing wild pig population.