Crops
Label changes and other requirements must be followed and understood.
Label changes and other requirements must be followed and understood.
Freshly baled hay with more than 20% moisture will heat up and actually reduce the energy level of the hay.
Use for most crops and livestock declined during a 15-year period.
Custom applicators provide vital services. When facing challenging economic times, however, some growers look to take matters into their own hands.
Like anything in life, there are pros and cons to either choice you make. Before you make a decision, understand what you might sacrifice or gain by using certified or bin-run (also called saved or non-certified) seed.
You might pay more than others if your seed choice benefits you more, companies say
Regardless of your strategy, do everything you can to keep corn from having a bad day
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The Japanese beetle is becoming an increasingly prevalent pest in the north-central region of the U.S.
After a disastrous dicamba year in 2016, which saw hundreds of thousands of acres of U.S. farmland affected by off-target movement, 2017 was touted as a year of labels and precision application. However, early reports
This year is stacking up to be a difficult year for row crop farmers. That’s why generating more demand is a top priority for grain organizations, according to interviews with top commodity group leaders. But building d
This week’s fertilizer price action has states in the southwestern corner of our survey area lower as areas farther north continue to firm ahead of spring applications.
Urea and UAN32% favored a weaker tone this week as the rest of the nitrogen segment firmed.
LP is 3 cents lower on the week at $1.01 per gallon. February 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.29 -- up 37 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 5 cents lower on the week at an average of
Gains tallied $0.00 to Declines’ $42.87 in the regional averages.
The lifting of economic sanctions against Iran has been discussed in the oil sector, but Iran also has designs on increasing its national fertilizer production with the aim of becoming fertilizer self-sufficient. It has
LP is unchanged on the week at $1.02 per gallon. March 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.13 -- down 1 cent from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 3 cents lower on the week at an average of $1.56 per gallon
Anhydrous $129.80 below year-ago pricing -- lower $2.64/st this week at $583.96. Urea $100.36 below the same time last year -- lower $2.04/st this week to $371.28. UAN28% is $60.98 below year-ago -- higher 41 cent
LP is a penny lower on the week at $1.01 per gallon. March 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.12 -- down 1 cent from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 11 cents lower on the week at an average of $1.45 per g
P&K was lower on the week. DAP $93.73 below year-ago pricing -- lower $5.12/st on the week to $489.33/st. MAP $99.17 below year-ago -- lower $9.89/st this week to $496.13/st. Potash $116.17 below year-ago -
P&K was lower on the week. DAP $86.65 below year-ago pricing -- lower $3.92/st on the week to $494.44/st. MAP $88.61 below year-ago -- lower $6.15/st this week to $506.01/st. Potash $109.25 below year-ago -
I was fiddling around with my charts this week and I noticed something very interesting in potash. When compared to expected new-crop revenue, there have been a number of points at which potash seems to have indicated to
Anhydrous $154.44 below year-ago pricing -- higher 8 cents/st this week at $562.80. Urea $100.44 below the same time last year -- higher 78 cents/st this week to $364.55. UAN28% is $63.87 below year-ago -- lower 2
LP is a penny higher on the week at $1.02 per gallon. April 2016 natural gas is at $1.77 -- up 15 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is 2 cents higher on the week at an average of $1.47 per gallon.
In wake of Thursday’s Prospective Plantings report, I want to make a suggestion here that elicited profanity from Chip Flory that nearly took the paint of the walls. Corn acreage in particular shocked market bulls by