Crops
David Tolleris of WxRisk.com provides his weather outlook.
Above-normal temps expected across key growing areas into harvest.
No signs of significant heat moving into central Plains or Midwest by Aug. 25.
USDA crop progress and condition report highlights.
Will these changes decrease or increase market volatility?
Don’t hold your corn and expect a basis gain to pay for storage, because it’s unlikely to happen.
A drop in corn yields was expected, but the market was trading 155-156 bu./acre corn yield.
The grain markets were in a tug of war this week between declining yield ideas in corn and late week economic concerns.
Commodity exchange amends proposal for new limits to go further than originally proposed.
Eliminating the ethanol mandate and tax credit would decrease ethanol production, says an Iowa State University economist .
The release includes new SILAGE-SPECIFIC™ BMR and TMF corn hybrids for the 2012 growing season, including three with SmartStax® trait technology.
Higher fertilizer costs continue the trend of higher production costs for corn, leading to higher break-even corn prices necessary to cover costs.
What will be this year’s actual harvested acreage, and how will weather affect yields on those acres?
With the release of the acreage report today by the USDA, farmers around the country are concerned with the government agency’s accuracy.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana, will be resurveyed.
Because of late planting and flood related crop losses, acreage uncertainty will linger for several months.
Get ready for a big move in corn prices. USDA’s June Grain Stocks report comes out tomorrow morning, and it tends to swing the market.
If the ethanol subsidy is eliminated as some in Congress are calling for, corn stocks-to-use could increase, potentially putting modest pressure on corn prices.
Following Thursday’s USDA reports, the market was full of action. Jerry Gulke says Friday was a wild trading day and that farmers are feeling the lure of $8 corn.
Be ready to pull out the rotary hoe and give struggling seedlings a little help emerging.
Growers need to consider what yields they can expect as planting stretches into June.
Corn and soybean stocks may be growing but average prices for new-crop corn and soybeans could be headed to all-time highs.
Several dry, 90-degree days were welcomed by farmers in central and northeast Missouri.
Wet weather in some areas and dry conditions in others are wrecking havoc on some farmer’s planting progress this spring.
Soggy soils and continued rain have kept corn planting nearly at a standstill as of May 1, and progress since then has been slight at best.
While planting dates are important, Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob Nielsen says plenty of other factors can influence crop yield.