AgDay
Hosted by Haley Bickelhaupt, AgDay provides the nation’s farmers and ranchers with the latest news, weather and business headlines, and features the people and places unique to the industry and small-town America.
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Carbon dioxide pipelines are not new – but they’re making news. There is a major effort to build a new pipeline network to transport CO2 from ethanol and fertilizer plants to underground storage.
Corn and soybeans, even cattle see profit taking Friday. SRW wheat up on China biz. Crude oil and cotton rally on Middle East conflict. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, has the recap.
Corn and soybeans open higher then hit resistance, see profit taking and farmer selling. Wheat trying to hold gains with China biz. Cattle consolidate despite higher cash. DuWayne Bosse, Bolt Marketing, has more.
Grains start higher but row crops hit chart resistance and retrace. Wheat supported by China biz, oil up on Middle East conflict. Cattle start higher, then see profit taking. Darin Newsom, Barchart, has more.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Jesse Larios, a California cattle farmer, shares about his deep roots in agriculture and the contributions his Latino and Latina brothers and sisters have made in the industry.
Company leaders say this “solidifies CNH’s in-house precision, automation and autonomy technology, enabling us to continue Breaking New Ground for the agriculture and construction industries.”
AgDay TV Markets Now: Mike Zuzulo, Global Commodity Analytics, talks about why grains soared after the USDA Reports and what it will take to continue that momentum.
The October WASDE was slightly bullish for soybeans and corn, bearish for wheat. However, the markets rallied after the WASDE led by soybeans.
Weather woes took a huge bite out of corn yield potential this season, especially in northeast Iowa and parts of western Illinois. Where farmers got timely rains, the yield reports coming in are not as wide-ranging.
Corn yields can swing 100 bu. to the positive or negative in some hybrids today based on nitrogen use that supports kernel depth. Tune into hybrid characteristics, and avoid “gapping” nitrogen and volatilization.