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Continuation of 2008 Farm Bill, no change in RFS mandates key underlying assumptions in updated analysis.
Tight supplies and still-solid demand lift soybean futures, corn and wheat follow.
Heat is hastening crop development and stressing pastures.
Gary Wilde found the swiveling tool tray he built so handy that he made another one for the second workbench in his shop.
Flaw in RFS mandated amounts started with initial inflexibility.
Net farm income, net cash farm income and net value-added farm income all seen at record marks.
Planting in Mato Grosso is set to begin around 20 days from now leaving little time for port workers to offload nutrient supplies and ship them inland to farmers.
Farm assets, equity seen record; debt, however, highest since 1986.
Tropical Pacific remains warmer than average.
Grain futures slip overnight on profit-taking.
Up to 15 inches of precip needed in north central Iowa to reverse drought.
Late-season heat wave is stressing pastures.
Ethanol is proving that it has the power to stand on it’s own in consumer markets.
Heavy rains could cause problems for cotton and corn, but may help filling soybeans.
The Board of Supervisors was set to meet with company officials to discuss rezoning 318 acres of Scott County land.
Forecast calls for wetter conditions, which could slow early harvest.
Grain futures have moved off session highs posted earlier this morning.
Little to no rain expected for most of the country through week’s end.
Thinner margins on the farm mean farmers will have less to spend.
The council hopes to position the U.S. to better compete in the Global Economy.
Crop Tour returned focus to supply side, but demand is focus of corn market.
Official Tour results from Minnesota.
As a whole, I was disappointed in the corn yield calcs and soybean pod counts on my route through eastern Iowa today.
Official press release of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
Official results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
All in all, the corn crop we saw today was the most variable I’ve seen on the 9 Crop Tours I’ve participated in.