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Cotton acres are climbing this year, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projecting acres to see a 21 percent jump. If that holds true, U.S. cotton farmers will plant 12.2 million all-cotton acres. In the Mississippi, cotton was once the staple crop, and this year, farmers are getting back into growing it in a big way.
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As wheels begin to turn for spring fieldwork, this week’s price action may lend clues to our summertime outlook.
Our first look at fertilizer and farm fuels pricing for the week ended March 24, 2017.
Rains were not adequate enough last week to stabilize winter wheat crops in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Cotton acres are gaining momentum in Mississippi as price and yields point to a more favorable option for farmers this year. That’s also helping strengthen cotton equipment prices, a trend Machinery Pete is watching closely.
Cotton and pork sales were also highly impressive. Get more report highlights.
Revisions within food-at-home areas include poultry & eggs, fruits and vegetables.
Farmers have used glyphosate safely for decades, but in recent years anti-GMO activists have tried to target the product - aided by a sensationalist media - because it often works in harmony with biotechnology.
Urea failed to violate last year’s price and has actually softened this week. But the nitrogen margins suggest upside risk for the rest of the segment.
Today, farmers and ranchers across the U.S. and in Washington, D.C. are making a special effort to advocate for agriculture in observance of National Ag Day.
Although nobody has a magic eight ball, there’s one way farmers can have a good idea of what could happen in the future: stress testing.
MDA Weather Services says showers are expected to favor northwestern Brazil this week, with the heaviest precip in Mato Grosso and Goias.
Fertilizer prices favored a more mixed tone this week with DAP and MAP leading gains.
The 90-day weather outlook from the Climate Prediction Center also calls for warmth across much of the Midwest.
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February was a big month for fertilizers with all seven products in our price survey posting solid gains. Click here to view the March 2017 Inputs Monitor Newsletter.
Every day, 33-year-old Clare Schilling arrives at one of her family’s two hog production sites. She showers before heading into a barn and then walks through each state-of-the-art facility. She surveys the animals to ensure her breed-to-wean operation is running smoothly on the flat expanse of southwest Illinois just 40 minutes from St. Louis.
Whether producers and their peers are discussing landlord relationships, succession planning or human resource challenges, there are many ways they can benefit from exchanging ideas. As farmers face weak farm income and commodity price uncertainty this harvest, there has never been a better time to compare notes.