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With a consecutive warm and dry days in much of the Corn Belt, some farmers were able to start planting earlier than normal last week, but the weather pattern this week is flipping, with a cooler bias setting in.
Successive cold snaps in the past week have destroyed between 30,000 and 50,000 hectares of French sugar beet, growers group CGB said on Monday, calling it the worst frost-related losses for the sector ever recorded.
Wheat prices saw strength last week, as worries about the 2021 crop continue to grow. With concerns about planting spring wheat this year, it’s a factor that could strain already tighter supplies.
A combination of factors has revealed crippling and widespread scarcity, manufacturing bottlenecks, and serious national security and economic repercussions.
The cotton price picture is seeing some bullish factors come into play. USDA’s WASDE report on Friday revealed higher exports - along with a smaller crop last year - continue to eat into overall supplies.
Dairy producers can use industry activities surrounding the global event on April 22 to engage their neighbors and consumers in the environmental stewardship practices they use daily on their farms.
As farmers enter into a new accounting year, it may be time to adjust accounting methods on your farm or ranch. Paul Neiffer says when it comes to accounting, a switch from cash to accrual may be beneficial.
A week after USDA released its bombshell Prospective Plantings report, USDA’s April WASDE also sparked some market momentum in corn, but seemed to disappoint for soybeans.
USDA will alter how it reports soybean oil use by biofuels producers beginning with its monthly World Agriculture Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) report in May, a USDA spokesperson told Reuters.
One industry expert says large retailers are cashing in on RINs, and consumers should see benefits at the pumps as a result.
This latest rise in used equipment values is, frankly, breathtaking.
Canada’s Nutrien Ltd, the world’s largest fertilizer producer by capacity, said on Thursday it aimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 30% by 2030, in a plan costing the company up to $700 million.
While critics say President Biden’s infrastructure plan is too costly and includes more than infrastructure, proponents say it could help bridge the rural and urban digital divide.
A week ago, USDA issued an explosive Prospective Plantings report. Coming off such a large report, USDA’s April WASDE report typically doesn’t spark a wild reaction. However, one analyst thinks 2021 could be different.
The program will be introduced initially to row-crop farmers in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
The latest Ag Economy Barometer found between 30% and 40% of those surveyed say they are aware of opportunities to get paid for sequestering carbon. Yet, to date, only a small group has actually engaged in discussions.
World food prices rose for a 10th consecutive month in March, hitting their highest level since June 2014, led by jumps in vegetable oils, meat and dairy indices, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
As the 2021 bull market continues, it’s leading to a growing level of optimism from farmers. The latest Ag Economy Barometer from Purdue University/CME group shows farmer sentiments rose to 177 this month.
Cotton futures rose on Wednesday supported by concerns that dry weather in West Texas, the largest U.S cotton-producing region, may weigh on U.S supplies of the crop.
From Colorado to Illinois, the race to plant the 2021 crop is on. Mother Nature provided the Midwest with some warm, dry days, and that meant farmers got in the fields to plant.
USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service forecasts Brazilian producers will expand soybean planted area to reach 40 million hectares in the 2021/22 season, up from the estimated 38.5 million ha planted in the 2020/21 season
The Biden administration has ambitious climate mitigation goals and agriculture has been called upon to be a strong partner.
Tom Vilsack was sworn in as USDA Secretary for the second time at the end of February. Since then, he has pushed forward advances on several key issues.
Four other record auction prices were set at this sale.
While gasoline demand saw pressure during the pandemic, Iowa had a big year for E-15 sales. The Iowa Department of Revenue reported the sale of E-15 jumped 24-percent last year, which set a new record in the state.
The second round of Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP 2) restarted April 5. Farmers have 60 days to either apply or make modifications to their existing CFAP 2 applications.
A U.S. Farm Report viewer had a comment about a socialism, and so John Phipps is digging into the basics of socialism today.
The history of wild pig hunts is filled with unusual stories, but the chase for a 750-lb. beast hiding in plain sight on a Mississippi farm ranks as a standalone account. Farming reality outshines fiction.
Bioplastic—grown by farmers—could be massive for the agriculture industry, if related technology proves economical from field production to processing plant.
USDA issued its first weekly Crop Progress report of the year Monday. USDA’s NASS showed winter wheat conditions are in line with trade expectations, as well as where the 2021 planting season has already started.