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Input costs are high across the board this year. In leu of low glyphosate availability and increasing costs, whispers of an alternative have trickled down to Bayer’s research and development team.
DEVELOPING: There’s a new issue getting inputs after the only potash mine in Belarus declared a force majeure.
South America is still in the driver’s seat when it comes to commodity prices. March soybeans traded above $16 Friday, as traders will be keeping close eye on key figures coming from USDA’s Ag Outlook Forum next week.
There can be huge costs -- monetarily and in human capital -- if you don’t set up the structure of succession well, say Paul Neiffer, with CliftonLarsonAllen, and Rena Striegel, Transition Point Business Advisors.
A red zone is defined by the White House as an area with 100 or more new infections over a one-week period. The good news is the rate of new cases is dropping, says Alan Morgan, CEO, National Rural Health Association.
The top 10 export markets all saw gains in 2021, with six of the 10 (China, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, the Philippines and Colombia) setting new records.
Some Chinese soybean crushing plants suspending operations
Whereas farmers used to look for tractors with less than 500 hours, now with demand so high and supply constrained, the threshold is less than 5,000 hours.
When a farmer passes an operation to the next generation, the inheritance can be fair, but it is rarely equal.
The International Grains Council (IGC) slashed its 2021-22 world soybean production estimate to 353 million metric tons (MMT). . .