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Cattle and corn both see some buying interest midday with China corn sales, cattle oversold ahead of the COF Report. Other sectors still concerned about macroeconomy. Jeff Hoogendoorn of Professional Ag Marketing.
USDA will release its estimates on farmers planting intensions at the end of March. Ahead of that, commodity firm Allendale has released its own acreage projections.
USDA’s Equity Commission recently recommended sweeping changes across the entire government agency. What can farmers expect to see?
The risk off with the banking crisis continues to spill over weigh on the ag markets. The exception is old crop corn with more China export business, another 25.2 mb. Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag has more.
A new generation of metal cutting tools span the divide between hacksaw simplicity/economy to plasma cutter precision/price.
More than 400 farm groups on Tuesday asked Congress for more money for the next farm bill than is in the current baseline.
Rich Nelson with Allendale summarizes the markets on Wednesday which were once again impacted by the risk off in the outside markets. Although corn did get some help from China export business.
Total land in farms decreased 1.9 million acres to 893,400,000 acres in 2022 versus 2021. Here is other noteworthy farmland data, courtesy of USDA’s Farms and Land in Farms 2022 Summary.
Brazil’s record soybean crop this season will allow the country to boost exports to China while also increasing domestic soybean processing.