Crops
DAP and MAP were lower on the week as potash firmed slightly. DAP $90.99 below year-ago pricing -- lower 69 cents/st on the week to $443.78/st. MAP $115.09 below year-ago -- lower 10 cents/st this week
December 2016 natural gas opened today at $2.76 -- down 5 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is down 2 cents on the week at an average of $1.90 per gallon. December 2016 WTI crude oil opened
Anhydrous is $173.75 below year-ago pricing -- higher $1.34/st this week at $471.70. Urea is $91.95 below the same time last year -- higher $2.88/st this week to $316.96. UAN28% is $65.12 below year-ago
January 2016 natural gas opened today at $3.57 -- up 15 cents from our last Fuels in Focus. Farm Diesel is up 2 cents on the week at an average of $1.90 per gallon. February 2016 WTI crude oil opened the
The United States Department of Commerce has ruled to impose a provisional anti-subsidy duty on ammonium sulfate imports from China. The ruling would impose a 206.72 percent tax on ammonium sulfate for nitrogen
Anhydrous is $108.33 below year-ago pricing -- higher $2.93/st this week at $478.27. Urea is $26.70 below the same time last year -- higher $1.38/st this week to $346.62. UAN28% is $45.55 below year-ago
Anhydrous is $116.33 below year-ago pricing -- lower 79 cents/st this week at $471.36. Urea is $97.84 below the same time last year -- higher $4.36/st this week to $339.20. UAN28% is $57.06 below year-ag
DAP, MAP and potash were all higher on the week. DAP $43.22 below year-ago pricing -- higher $3.16/st on the week to $446.11/st. MAP $49.05 below year-ago -- higher $3.18/st this week to $447.08/st. P
Scouts on the western leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour crossed the border into Iowa this morning, and so far they are seeing good-looking corn and, in places, really tall beans.
Big changes are underway for the ninth year of Farm Journal College events.
Just as this magazine went to press, we welcomed Andrew McCrea and his daily nationally syndicated radio program, “American Countryside,” to our Farm Journal Media family.
Analysts expect an even greater global wheat glut in 2017 to drive down prices and whittle away at acreage.
Supply is currently outpacing demand. If that continues hay prices will remain relatively the same.
The king of the crop world might lose ground in 2017. Weak prices combined with more appealing profits on alternative crops means corn acres could be down next year.
With the big cotton crop that’s expected next year, it’s not too early to start your marketing plan for it.
In part 1 of the 2019 bull-bear outlook you’ll find the recommendations shared by five commodity analysts. We’ll publish recommendations from four more analysts tomorrow.
While your grain marketing plan faces many headwinds, don’t be surprised when a few tailwinds provide opportunities for you to capture profits.
In the most recent Farm Journal Pulse, farmers talked about dicamba—if they plan to use it, and how. Results show that 44% of farmers plan to apply dicamba or have it applied on their farms.
As farmers look for ways to improve their profitability in 2018, one of the areas many are evaluating is their crop mix.
The Farm Journal Pulse, a text-message poll of farmers and ranchers, tracked the hot topics this year.
Thirty-four percent of farmers plan to file prevented plant claims on more than a quarter of their acres, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse poll.
Soybeans prices seemed unstoppable this week, but with the market overbought, can the momentum last? U.S. Farm Report talks to Ben Brown of The Ohio State University.
Both supply concerns and a boost in demand are helping to support commodity prices, but is now the time to sell? U.S. Farm Report marketing analysts weigh in.
STEPUP 2.0 is joining the soybean seed treatment market options and will be offered through Wibur-Ellis.
The Farm Journal Test Plots study how foliar fungicide impacts yield and how to get the most out of the fungicide dollar.
Farm Journal Test Plots studies how foliar fungicide use increases yield.
Questions are surfacing around what coronavirus could mean for buys from China, but analysts say no matter what China purchases from the U.S. this year, it doesn’t change the overall profile of the market.
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. is introducing a new tool to help farmers fight pests in a variety of crops. The fungicide, Amplitude, is approved for the 2018 season and uses the same active ingredient as Stargus.
Farmers from Louisiana and parts of the Mid-South are suing Stine Seed Company, claiming it sold black farmers fake soybean seeds, according to WBTV.