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87% of the U.S. corn crop are experiencing drought.
Using UREA rather than Potash and DAP is helping producers secure their bottom line.
Is your smart phone smarter than a 5th grader? This farmer design app makes filling grain trucks a one man job.
Eastern Corn Belt has been the beneficiary of recent rain.
Rain beneficial for Argentine winter grains.
Still, commercials step up to buy as supplies remain tight.
Deepwater operations are accelerating and BP expects to spend $4 billion on the Gulf of Mexico this year.
Following two sharp days of price declines, grains see short-covering.
Forecast doesn’t provide precip soybeans need to fill pods.
Many areas of the Corn Belt still need 12-15 inches of rain to reverse drought conditions.
The United States has not built a new Nitrogen producing plant since the early 1970’s.
End-user buying will determine how far prices correction on pullbacks.
Dry conditions in eastern Australia associated with El Nino.
Forecast calls for mostly normal precip across Corn Belt.
Rains can still benefit the soybean crop, but traders are also watching demand.
Markets have a muted response despite the bullish data.
How low NASS goes with initial crop estimates will determine how aggressively the World Board must slash 2012-13 usage projections.
Iowa State Univesity agronomists look at herbicide carryover impact on corn/soybean rotation.
Agronomist offers suggestions for those considering fall-seeded wheat or grasses as alternative feed sources.
The cost of production on the farm was up 10.2% in 2011 over 2010.
Most crop forecasters are accounting for sharp yield losses, but production estimates signal they are still too high on harvested corn acreage.
It is said, “a bullish market must eat everyday,” and that fact may make it difficult for fertilizer to measure up to the market hype.
Fertilizer market has become extremely volatile and has attracted a lot of investor interest.
Follow #corncollege12 to hear how this year’s drought conditions affected the growing season.