Corn
Plan for a normal crop – hope for the biggest crop of your career – and then mitigate the risk of a drought or crop failure.
After the NASS acreage notice posted last week, it’s not just acreage adjustments that could be on deck in USDA’s September reports this week. USDA will also release results from its first field surveys.
From an American flag one year to a POW tribute the next, Wilber Meyer’s field artwork has grown. And for the 20th anniversary of 9/11, this year’s tribute is by far the biggest, extending beyond the Ohio farm field.
Grain shippers on the Gulf Coast reported more damage from Hurricane Ida to their terminals on Wednesday as Cargill confirmed damage to a second facility, power outages across southern Louisiana kept others shuttered.
Cornfields that had promised above-average or record yields, prior to being affected, are now more likely to produce average results at harvest.
According to USDA’s latest Crop Progress report, 60% of the U.S. corn crop is rated good to excellent, unchanged from last week. Illinois corn conditions continue to improve each week.
Drought dominated headlines in western Iowa last year during the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, and even as drought continues to be the talk of Iowa this year, fields in some portions of the state produced a different tone.
USDA’s August reports came with surprises. From a cut to the corn yield, to the revisions in export demand, the changes fueled prices both Thursday and Friday. So, where does the market go from here? Analysts weigh in.
Lush cornfields and a picture-perfect sunset. The first-ever MLB game played at the “Field of Dreams” put not only agriculture on center stage but all of Iowa, as social media was buzzing. And agriculture played a part.
The iconic “Field of Dreams” cornfields will come to life in Iowa on Thursday, Aug. 12, as two MLB teams prepare to face off at the first-time event. NCGA is an official sponsor of the game.
Even with drought and meager crop conditions, the trade has recently had a high miss rate on USDA’s August projections and the analyst guesses this time have not allowed much room for error.
Drought is deepening in Nebraska, but corn and soybean crops are hanging tough so far.
USDA is preparing to release its next Crop Production and WASDE reports on Thursday, August 12. Ahead of the release, debate is heating up on whether the U.S. can achieve a trendline yield in corn this year.
On Aug. 16, scouts will sample fields in Ohio. What will they find in the Buckeye State?
Even with the heat in the forecast, rains have helped remove the panic from the corn and soybean markets the past month. And as July enters its final weeks, the corn “weather market” may be behind the U.S.
In soybeans, look for white mold issues this week. Initial symptoms generally develop in the R3 to R6 production stages.
Syngenta says the long residual control offered by Acuron GT will allow farmers and retailers to apply it in a post application before weeds can emerge and compete with the crop.
Weather problems with Brazil’s second corn crop have sparked a spate of companies exiting their contracts, causing what some call the biggest wave of export cancellations for the world’s No. 2 supplier in five years.
Corteva Agriscience has a robust number of products it expects to introduce to U.S. farmers between now and 2023 for use in more than 10 crops.
Just a day after USDA released the July WASDE report, which showed a shocking drop in all-wheat production and yield, the July corn contract traded 80 cents higher mid-day Tuesday. Analysts weigh in on the reason.
For the first time since 2015 widespread rains including up to 20 inches of precipitation in June have agronomists warning farmers to check for nutrient losses ahead of pollination.
Not even a week after USDA released its June Acreage Report shocked the market with fewer acres, prices reversed. After the holiday weekend, weather forecasts turned wetter and corn prices closed limit down Tuesday.
U.S. corn exports toppled records in recent months with elevated shipments to China. A continued strong pace plus a few more sales in the coming weeks will officially cap off the country’s best-ever marketing year.
Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose to their highest since mid-June on Thursday, with traders noting continued support from a U.S. government report that showed spring plantings fell below expectations.
Renewable fuels groups were dealt a blow Friday as the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision to overturn a 2020 appellate court ruling that said EPA could only grant waivers to refiners that had previously received them.
Evaluate hail-damaged soybeans, too, before applying post herbicides or a rescue treatment.
China will strengthen price controls on iron ore, copper, corn and other major commodities in its 14th five-year plan for 2021 to 2025 to address abnormal fluctuations in prices, the state planner said on Tuesday.
Corn prices came under pressure Tuesday. With July corn falling 37 cents to end the day to close at $6.20, the closing price on Monday marked a one-month low.
China’s appetite for new crop corn is now sitting in uncharted waters. China has committed to purchasing 321.2 million bushels, or 8.15 million metric tons, since May 10, and analysts say there are two main drivers.
Corn and soybean prices saw pressure on Monday as recent rains in the Midwest weighed on the market. Wheat futures also traded lower, falling to the lowest level in more than a month.