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Forage report for 40.2019, -95.0431

Estimated forage here is better than about 94% of sites in Missouri. Against other Missouri sites it stands out most in summer (95th percentile) and lowest in spring (7th). Biggest nearby bee crops: soybeans (nearest 0.1 mi W, grown 3 of the last 5 years); corn (nearest 0.1 mi N, grown 3 of the last 5 years). Nearest mapped water: mapped stream or canal (may be dry in late summer), 0.18 mi W.

Ranking

Continental US: 96th percentile (spring 39th, summer 97th, fall 17th)
Missouri: 94th percentile (spring 7th, summer 95th, fall 11th)
Western Corn Belt Plains: 94th percentile (spring 73rd, summer 69th, fall 28th)

Percentile among 3,000 random land points across Missouri, scored the same way; land in general, not beekeepers' yards.

Season

First forage: Mar 16 — Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red
Main flow: Jun 16 to Aug 15 — Soybeans
Season ends: Aug 15

Bee crops nearby

Soybeans: about 5,235 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
Corn: about 2,613 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms late Jun – late Jul
Soybeans: about 314 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.1 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
Soybeans: about 714 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.8 mi N, blooms early Jun – early Aug
Soybeans: about 4,702 acres in a typical year, nearest 1.4 mi W, blooms early Jun – early Aug
Corn: about 1,176 acres in a typical year, nearest 0.3 mi NE, blooms late Jun – late Jul

What the honey would be made of

Spring honey (March to June): Soybeans, Dandelion, Clovers: white, alsike and red; light amber
Summer honey (July and August): Soybeans
Fall honey (September to November): Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion, Garden flowers, Fall wildflowers (goldenrod, aster); light amber
Whole season (March to November): Soybeans, Clovers: white, alsike and red, Dandelion; extra light amber

An estimate from public maps (USDA crop maps 2021-2025 averaged, LANDFIRE vegetation), not a survey of the ground. Maps can't see garden plantings, understory density, other beekeepers' hives, or this year's weather. Honey composition is a nectar-source estimate, not a pollen analysis. Benchmark 2026.5. How this works.