- Beck’s announces the purchase of the Bayer processing plant in Beaman, Iowa, for the use of soybean production and processing. The fully operational site in Grundy County will provide Beck’s with soybean seed processing capabilities and additional warehousing.
- GROWMARK celebrates the work of the three Illinois producers just named 2021 Master Farmers by Prairie Farmer magazine. This year’s Illinois Master Farmers are: Kent Hodel of Metamora; Kenneth (Kenny) Hartman of Waterloo; and Paul Taylor of Esmond. GROWMARK and FS are sponsors of the Master Farmer awards in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Northeast Atlantic States. The three winning Illinois producers are GROWMARK/FS System customers.
- Pro Farmer, a division of Farm Journal, shared its much-anticipated production estimates for the 2021 U.S. corn and soybean crops after analyzing information from the 29th annual Pro Farmer Crop Tour and other sources. Pro Farmer estimates the 2021 U.S. corn crop at 15.116 billion bu. based on an average yield of 177 bu. per acre. That would be up from USDA’s August estimate of 174.6 bu. per acre. Pro Farmer estimates the 2021 U.S. soybean crop at 4.436 billion bu. with a national average yield of 51.2 bu. per acre, up from the 50 bu. per acre USDA estimated Aug. 12.
- Rob-See-Co, an independent seed company located in Elkhorn, Neb. acquired Masters Choice, an independently owned seed corn provider based in Southern Illinois. The acquisition enables Rob-See-Co to provide premium seed products designed for animal feed, and expand current product offerings to new geographies through the Masters Choice brand.
