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More rough weather is forecasted for winter wheat on the Southern Plains, after the crop got off to a dry start and suffered record-setting cold this month.
Cotton market fundamentals look strong but opinions are mixed after prices slipped from last week’s historic highs.
Corn futures have soared, crop condition ratings have dropped, and the world is hearing about risks of U.S. drought driving food prices higher.
When corn growers start planting this spring, they’ll probably keep planting corn until they’ve seeded nearly 96 million acres.
Corn acreage may climb to 95 million acres this spring. Then again, maybe not.
Grain and soy futures markets collapsed today, but analysts think this will turn out to be just one of the down days in continued volatile markets.
Analysts expect USDA to peg the average soybean yield at about 41 bu./acre in the Sept. 12 Crop Production report, but more adjustments might happen.
What will be this year’s actual harvested acreage, and how will weather affect yields on those acres?
Get ready for a big move in corn prices. USDA’s June Grain Stocks report comes out tomorrow morning, and it tends to swing the market.
Soggy soils and continued rain have kept corn planting nearly at a standstill as of May 1, and progress since then has been slight at best.