AgDay
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The Climate Prediction Center says there’s a 71% chance of La Niña conditions developing from October through December, while also issuing a La Niña Watch. However, one meteorologist expects La Niña to make a quick exit.
With low commodity prices and higher input costs, identifying hybrids that are a good fit for your soil types and environmental conditions is more important than ever – and can give you a leg up on yield performance from the get-go next spring.
Joe Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the funds were liquidating long positions on the open Friday after President Donald Trump said the administration was working on a plan to lower beef prices. Some of it was triggered by algorithm trades that key their formulas off headlines.
Our results show that we’re resisting the challenge of climate change. Our production has become more stable, even in years of stress from drought or heavy rainfall. This predictability is a welcome and major benefit.
Beef prices have climbed to record highs after cattle ranchers slashed their herds due to a yearslong drought in the western United States.
Clean Fuels Alliance America has sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a copy to USDA Secretary Booke Rollins, saying EPA’s pending Supplemental Notice on Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) for 2026 and 2027 may have a major negative impact on the U.S. agricultural economy.
With at least 95% accuracy at key estimate timings in late July and early August, Growmark’s myFS agronomy platform gives its retail advisors and farmers new insights.
Kevin Duling of KD Investors says soybeans saw some short covering and technical buying but got a fundamental push from rising Brazilian basis levels.
With contributing factors ranging from insect pressure to disease and environmental stressors this season, agronomists say farmers face hard decisions on when to combine their crop in affected fields.
As retail beef prices increase, the minutes worked to purchase beef are still below previous peak levels in the ‘80s. Consumers see beef as a valuable product and are willing to allocate more of their earnings to purchase it.