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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Corn fell for a second session in Chicago as warm, dry weather improves prospects for U.S. crops that received twice the normal amount of rain during early growth stages.
Recent purchases and USDA’s sharp increase in Chinese wheat imports don’t point to a record Chinese winter wheat crop.
What’s falling, you ask? The answer is record-high auction sale prices on all types and models of good-quality used farm equipment.
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Machinery Pete reports strong used equipment values.
Technical price action signals corn and beans have put in short-term tops, wheat is bottoming.
Smithfield Foods Inc. bid for a large packaged-meat business after it got an initial takeover offer from Shuanghui International Ltd. and before it agreed to be acquired by the Chinese company.
The latest ag-ed music video from the Peterson Farm Brothers is out. This time it’s their take on a Wil Smith classic with “A Fresh Breath of Farm Air.” Nathan Peterson talked with AgriTalk Radio’s Mike Adams about making their latest viral video.
AgriTalk Radio interview with Dr. Bruce Tabashnik of the University of Arizona on the rapid increase in insect resistance to Bt traits and what farmers can do to slow the spread of resistant pests.
Despite a strong farm economy and robust equipment sales in most areas, there seems to be a growing used equipment problem causing concern.
Folks love to see and hear about great tractors, and they are also willing and able to pay premium dollars to acquire them.
New-crop corn and soybean balance sheets will be traders’ primary focus.
Says he was shocked by the state of this normally productive ground.
Near-term price action will determine if the recent runup was a bull trap or the start of an extended, sharp price recovery.
Fund money flow is key to near-term price action as the market tries to sort out the delayed start to the growing season, weather and the potential impact to yields.
Says neutral ENSO conditions persist for now.
Price action in futures and basis signal at top is in place -- at least for now.
December corn futures are testing the summer 2012 lows.
Overnight price action signals USDA’s bearish report data is “in” the market.
After the next wave of rains passes, forecasts signal an opportunity for active fieldwork.
Precip expected for the southern Corn Belt & Central Plains at week-end.
Corn is in the middle of an early weather market, which means increased volatility.
There is nitrogen in snow. In fact, snows before or after the ground has thawed can yield some great benefits to your soil.
FDA cautions in interpretation of antimicrobial resistance data.
But scouts remain patient as they wait for better conditions.
The new Cash Grain Bids app from AgWeb allows users to check cash grain bids and base prices from their mobile device.
Bayer AG’s CropScience unit, maker of the Chipco Signature fungicide, filed a lawsuit claiming Syngenta AG’s Appear product uses its patented technology.