Steve Doench is a professional agronomist with over 20 years of global work experience. Steve has a B.S. in Agricultural Mechanization and a M.S. in Crop Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Steve has been a certified crop advisor (CCA) since 2001 and is also a Sustainability Specialist (SSp). Steve’s background involves being an agronomist with DuPont Pioneer, a global crop supply analyst, an agronomic advisor at Louis Dreyfus Company and the Director of Business Development at a successful agricultural technology start-up Agrible that was acquired by Nutrien. Steve is supporting Exacto’s customers with agronomic insights to help them achieve their sustainability goals within the agricultural supply chain.
With a dry spring hanging over the corn belt, concerns of returned crop stress remain going into the second half of the season. Regional drought monitor maps give reason for this concern as drought lingers in across much of the central US.
With ongoing drought in the southern plains and increased snow cover in the the north and west, the US is split between dry and wet conditions this spring. As rain and snow cover relieve California and surrounding states, the extra water is causing concern for dam pressure and flooding.
As forecasts remain dry and warm, drought will continue to impact 2022 harvest results as well as influence planning decisions for 2023. Fall into this crop update for complete forecasts and predictions going into winter and spring.
Even with some rainfall and cooler weather helping in many areas, US Crop Yield Estimates are declining. As crops in drought-stricken areas near maturity, forecasted precipitation and temperatures leave yield expectations up for debate. Read on to learn more about August crop status and forecasted September outlooks.
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