Crops
DAP was higher as MAP and potash softened on the week. DAP $91.33 below year-ago pricing -- higher $1.24/st on the week to $480.81/st. MAP $99.01 below year-ago -- lower $4.58/st this week to $492.93/st. Potash
August 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.75 -- down 11 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is unchanged on the week at an average of $1.87 per gallon. August 2016 WTI crude oil opened the day at $45.
Anhydrous is $154.39 below year-ago pricing -- lower 58 cents/st this week at $550.01. Urea is $119.98 below the same time last year -- lower 18 cents/st this week to $344.14. UAN28% is $52.47 below year
Gains tallied $0.00 to Declines’ $47.40 in the regional averages.
The crude oil market could be in for a bullish shock on Thursday as EIA has announced it will no longer include lease stocks in their U.S. crude oil stocks tally. Last week, EIA reported 499.7 million barrels in storage,
December 2016 natural gas opened today at $3.08 -- down 26 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up a penny on the week at an average of $1.91 per gallon. December 2016 WTI crude oil opened
DAP and MAP were lower on the week as potash firmed slightly. DAP $90.99 below year-ago pricing -- lower 69 cents/st on the week to $443.78/st. MAP $115.09 below year-ago -- lower 10 cents/st this week
December 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.76 -- down 5 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is down 2 cents on the week at an average of $1.90 per gallon. December 2016 WTI crude oil opened
Anhydrous is $173.75 below year-ago pricing -- higher $1.34/st this week at $471.70. Urea is $91.95 below the same time last year -- higher $2.88/st this week to $316.96. UAN28% is $65.12 below year-ago
January 2016 natural gas opened today at $3.57 -- up 15 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up 2 cents on the week at an average of $1.90 per gallon. February 2016 WTI crude oil opened the
The United States Department of Commerce has ruled to impose a provisional anti-subsidy duty on ammonium sulfate imports from China. The ruling would impose a 206.72 percent tax on ammonium sulfate for nitrogen
Anhydrous is $108.33 below year-ago pricing -- higher $2.93/st this week at $478.27. Urea is $26.70 below the same time last year -- higher $1.38/st this week to $346.62. UAN28% is $45.55 below year-ago
Anhydrous is $116.33 below year-ago pricing -- lower 79 cents/st this week at $471.36. Urea is $97.84 below the same time last year -- higher $4.36/st this week to $339.20. UAN28% is $57.06 below year-ag
DAP, MAP and potash were all higher on the week. DAP $43.22 below year-ago pricing -- higher $3.16/st on the week to $446.11/st. MAP $49.05 below year-ago -- higher $3.18/st this week to $447.08/st. P
Scouts on the western leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour crossed the border into Iowa this morning, and so far they are seeing good-looking corn and, in places, really tall beans.
Big changes are underway for the ninth year of Farm Journal College events.
Just as this magazine went to press, we welcomed Andrew McCrea and his daily nationally syndicated radio program, “American Countryside,” to our Farm Journal Media family.
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Analysts expect an even greater global wheat glut in 2017 to drive down prices and whittle away at acreage.
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In the most recent Farm Journal Pulse, farmers talked about dicamba—if they plan to use it, and how. Results show that 44% of farmers plan to apply dicamba or have it applied on their farms.
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The Farm Journal Pulse, a text-message poll of farmers and ranchers, tracked the hot topics this year.
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