March delivered needed moisture to many corn and soybean growing areas | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

Rural producer Pedro Ottoni has one eye on the rain gauge and the other on the price. An agronomist by training, Ottoni knows that the coming weeks will be decisive for the rains to help develop corn crops at his farm in Uberaba, EccoAgro. If the rainfall comes as expected, Ottoni expects to harvest between 180 and 200 bags — equivalent to 10 to 12 tons — per hectare. “But the weather is increasingly unpredictable. There were rainy months, dry m…

March delivered needed moisture to many corn and soybean growing areas | Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network

The month of March delivered beneficial rainfall to many United States corn and soybean growing areas in need of moisture. The rainfall has led to shrinking drought coverage in corn and bean growing regions in the latest drought monitor says USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey. https://d30hko96l9xirl.cloudfront.net/Iowamediafolder/2025/04/MarchRippey1.mp3 Rippey says cotton growing regions are dealing with dry conditions as well, but slight improvemen