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                                                                                                                   September 27, 2016 Newsletter
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Ohio AgriBusiness Association
Crop Progress Report
U.S. Drought Monitor
Neogen DON Report
Seeing Big Harvests
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Ohio AgriBusiness Association

North Dakota Grain Inspection is now a member of the Ohio AgriBusiness Association (OABA)!  OABA is a membership-based trade association, created in order to represent the best interests of the businesses who serve in the Ohio agricultural industry. Kia Mikesh had the opportunity to sit down and have lunch with Chris Henney, President and CEO, and Nicole Wallace, Communication and Administrative Coordinator, last Friday afternoon.  We here at NDGI are very excited to be a part of Ohio now, and can't wait to get more involved!
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report - 09/26/16
 
Corn:
Illinois | 88% of corn has matured, compared to 86% last year | 83% is in good to excellent condition
Indiana | 74 % of corn has matured, which is 9 points higher than last year | 72 % is in good to excellent condition
Minnesota | 70% of corn has matured, which is 10 higher than last year | 84 % is in good to excellent condition
North Dakota | 59% of corn has matured, compared to 43% last year | 79% of corn is in good to excellent condition
South Dakota | 64 % of corn has matured, which is 6 points higher than last year | 53 % of corn is in good to excellent condition
Ohio | 57 % of corn has matured, compared to 63% last year| 44% of corn is in good to excellent condition
 
Soybeans:
Illinois | 62% of soybeans are dropping leaves, compared to 69% last year |  80% are in good to excellent condition
Indiana | 68% of soybeans are dropping leaves, which is 8 points lower than last year | 75% are in good to excellent condition
Minnesota | 83% of soybeans are dropping leaves, which is 1 point lower than last year | 79% are in good to excellent condition
North Dakota | 87% of soybeans are dropping leaves, which is 5 points lower than last year | 74% are in good to excellent condition
South Dakota | 88% of soybeans are dropping leaves, compared to 85% last year | 61% are in good to excellent condition
Ohio | 76% of soybeans are dropping leaves, which is 3 points lower than last year | 56% are in good to excellent condition
 
Winter Wheat:
Illinois | 1% of winter wheat has been planted, which 3 points lower than last year
Indiana| 6% of winter wheat has been planted, compared to 9% last year
South Dakota | 42% of winter wheat has been planted, which 23 points lower than last year
Montana | 46% of winter wheat has been planted, compared to 60% last year
Ohio | 5% of winter wheat has been planted, which 10 points lower than last year
 


U.S. Drought Monitor
  
Heavy rainfall (2 inches or greater) fell over portions of the Midwest, the middle and lower Mississippi Valley, the southern Plains, and the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. The moderate to heavy precipitation that fell across portions of northeastern Indiana and northwestern Ohio helped alleviate any abnormal dryness in the area, however, abnormal dryness expanded throughout southeastern Ohio and western Virginia. These areas had been experiencing continuous dryness for the past 30 days, making the soils very dry. 
    
 
Neogen Monday Mycotoxin and Crop Report
                              
Don levels for wheat are as shown above with North Dakota continuing to have a level of >10ppm, and Missouri at >2ppm. 
Don levels for barley are as shown above, with a level of >5ppm in North Dakota.

There are now new reports of Don in Corn as shown here in Indiana, with levels of >7ppm.
Corn and Grain Seeing Big Harvests Despite Summer Storms

The USDA estimates around 439 million bushels of corn will be harvested for grain this year, which is a 34% increase from last year's numbers.  "It used to be that corn was a minor crop for North Dakota, but that has changed," says Greg Endres, an agronomist at NDSU's extension campus in Carrington.  "People were able to plant early, we had good temperatures, we had a lot of heat units during the course of the season, and there's already corn that's nearing or at maturity," Endres says.  Sugar beets are also expected to do very well here in North Dakota, but will these abundances lower our prices at the grocery store?  Most likely not, considering the corn in this area is mostly used for feed and fuel.