Crops
Traders look for USDA to trim corn and spring wheat acreage from March intentions.
Corn demand headwinds and major global increases in supply will put producer margins under pressure this year, which will continue for the next three to five years.
Wet soils are making it difficult for farmers to spray cornfields for weeds such as kochia, the state’s agriculture department reports.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss how traders are starting to pay more attention to new-crop fundamentals.
Showers continue to delay spring wheat planting.
USDA raises Brazil’s corn crop estimate based on increase in acreage.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss how the markets, for now, are focused on the global supply situation.
Corn fell, heading for the biggest weekly slump since April, on signs of slowing global demand as farmers complete planting of a record crop in the U.S.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss how the supply situation is influencing market action.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss the impact of major rain in the Midwest.
More heavy rain expected over the next five days.
Some of these storms could be accompanied by hail, wind or tornadoes.
Wet weather halts fieldwork in the Corn Belt.
Sees corn acres down from USDA’s March projection, soybean acres higher.
The Grand Forks complex would produce ammonia, urea and UAN for farmers growing crops such as corn and canola.
The forecast is not favorable for planting any time soon.
Pro Farmer’s Chip Flory and Brian Grete anticipate USDA’s reports.
Cool, damp conditions slow fieldwork on Canadian Prairies.
What will be the important changes in Friday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates? Here’s what the experts are watching.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete digest this week’s volatile price action in the corn market.
Calculations show corn is the more profitable crop in Illinois into late-May.
But producers have less of the crop forward sold compared to last year.
Canola acres are projected to decline from year-ago.
People are using Facebook to share updates about how weather in their state is shaping up this April.
Soybean harvest is around 40% complete and corn harvest is around one-third complete.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss how volatility in the outside markets influenced grain markets this week.
Much of the U.S. to shift to above-normal temps late this week.
Cool temps ease in areas of Europe.