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Argentina’s farmers, who are harvesting a record soybean crop, would have to boost storage investments if torrential rain forecast for the second half of the year materializes. El Nino is always bad news for Argentine farmers as it causes drought in some areas will and heavier rain in other areas, requiring more protection for stored crops.
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Prices will probably drop until sometime this winter, experts say.
At issue is whether rain and dry conditions will limit corn plantings, explains Ted Seifried, Zaner Ag Hedge Group.
Coming off of Friday’s USDA reports, producers should also look at long calls on corn, experts tell the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable.
Here’s what to know if you are weighing a nitrogen fertilizer application to your 2014 soybean crop.
Unless you have a compelling agronomic reason for planting more soybeans, it’s critical that you run the numbers, even up to the last minute.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
Palm oil production has quadrupled; further ramp-up is likely.
Attache says 2014-15 soybean area will rise by 3% in Paraguay.
Soybeans fell for the first time in three sessions after forecasts for rain in South America eased concern that developing crops would be hurt by hot, dry weather.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
The project is expected to be complete in five years -- improving transportation of grain.
A new microbial-based seed trait is under development by Bayer CropScience. The trait represents one of several developments the company has under way to strengthen and expand its seeds business.
The area of the Corn Belt with less rainfall than normal has expanded to cover 70% of the region, with more dry days ahead this week, QT Weather says.
Weather extremes at planting, such as too little or too much moisture, are a sign your soybean crop might benefit from a commercial inoculant.
The cool weather and wet soil conditions have disrupt the normal sequence of early season field operations such as herbicide applications.
U.S. soybean production is projected at a record 3.390 billion bushels, up 375 million from the drought-reduced 2012 crop.
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Soybean seed costs have risen, farmers don’t want to plant more seeds than they need for top yields.
Soybeans rose in Chicago as speculation China is buying U.S. supplies boosted optimism the biggest importer will sustain purchases amid a bird-flu outbreak.
DuPont Co. and Monsanto Co. agreed to dismiss their respective antitrust and soybean patent lawsuits and enter into licensing agreements for making genetically modified crops.
The products represent an effort to provide multiple modes of action for optimal weed prevention.
A joking exchange in a seed-patent case before the U.S. Supreme Court touched on the process of soybean modification.
U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled support for Monsanto Co. in a clash with a farmer who used harvested soybeans to plant a second crop.