Crops
With so many potential deals in the works, now is a good time for producers to review the opportunities and challenges posed by agricultural cooperation on a worldwide scale.
A nationally televised show recreates the near-tragedy of a farmer trapped in a silo of corn.
This past Saturday while much of the nation was tuning into the epic Final Four matchup between Wisconsin and Kentucky, there was another nail biter on television playing out in an Iowa grain bin.
The Longleys have been in the farming business for four generations, and they’ve never had a woman running their operation. Until now.
Everything ended the week down hard as traders took a risk-off attitude toward market positions. Part of the reason was the dollar’s rally, which made even French corn competitive for importers.
Japan Cuts Feed-Wheat Purchasing Plan as Demand Shifts to Corn
Corn, beans and wheat all fell, as did lean hogs and feeder cattle, while live cattle eked out some gains.
Spring planting will not be business as usual in Ukraine. The loss of acreage there may well open the door to more U.S. exports. This is a first-hand account from a Ukrainian ag journalist.
The Longleys have been in the farming business for four generations, and they’ve never had a woman running their operation. Until now.
Syngenta plans to close an eastern Illinois seed-corn plant and distribution site and cut its 24 jobs.
An academic colloquium at Yale University is not someplace where farmers tend to hang out.
The Iowa Department of Transportation is paying dozens of Iowa farmers to leave rows of corn that can create snow barriers along highways.
With corn, wheat, and soybean prices all significantly higher than their October lows, Jerry Gulke says farmers should enjoy the market’s Christmas gift--and prepare for a blockbuster USDA report in January.
The country has rejected over 1.2 million tons of U.S. corn cargoes since last year because they contain MIR 162.
With the holiday trading season soon to begin, it’s probably time for farmers to sit tight in terms of grain selling until the new year begins.
Don’t wait too long to book fall fertilizer needs, experts say, because good deals won’t last.
The bank cut its estimate for corn to $3.90 a bushel in 2014-2015 from $4.35 in October and for soybeans to $9 a bushel from $10.10.
Corn fell from the highest price since August as demand dropped for shipments from the U.S. and an industry group raised its global production forecast.
More production creates storage shortage, which widens basis and causes $1.73 corn
A nearly extinct corn crop of the Pawnee Nation has sprouted once again thanks to a gardener’s work in south-central Nebraska.
The corn has grown to only half its normal height on Yan Shuqin’s ranch in the hills of Inner Mongolia this year, as a swath of northern China suffers its worst drought in 60 years.
Money managers are bearish on copper, sugar, soybeans and wheat, and are holding the smallest net-bullish wager on gold since January.
In March, Wayne County firefighters rescued a man trapped in a grain bin on a farm south of Centerville, thanks in part to Purdue Extension training.
Pam Fretwell with Farm Journal Radio discusses day three of the crop tour with Pro Farmer general manager and vice president Chuck Roth.
Recent heavy rainfall has washed away or at least lessened drought conditions in swaths of Nebraska and Iowa, according to a report released Thursday.
Scientists anticipate that understanding how corn uses the nutrient can help farmers make informed decisions in boron-deficient areas and improve crop yields.
Controversial ballot measure passes with margin of 2,528 votes out of nearly 1 million cast.
Commodities experts say Russia didn’t buy much wheat, corn, or soybeans anyway.
Soybean futures rose the most in nine weeks on concern that dry weather forecast into August will curtail yields in the U.S., the world’s biggest grower. Corn rose, while wheat fell.