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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.
U.S. Farm Report is on the road broadcasting from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. From the latest round of MFP payments to the weather market in the grains, the show covers it all.
As is so often the case, technical action (price changes) can predict fundamental changes in price direction market, and often does sometimes weeks in advance.
The state Department of Transportation says stalks can break the wind’s force and limit snow from blowing onto roads.
Following record crops and record grain stocks, farmers are finding new ways to use corn. Ethanol and animal feed seem to be old hat, making way for new uses such as shoes, car cushions and moisturizers.
In a nationwide class action, Syngenta will pay a $1.51 billion settlement to U.S. corn farmers, grain handling facilities and ethanol plants. The settlement covers corn priced after September 15, 2013.
A lawsuit claiming Monsanto Co.’s popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer was dealt a blow by a judge’s conclusions that the opinions of the experts testifying against it are “shaky,” a potentially devastating development for the case getting to trial.
Since the early 1990s, soil science professor David Laird of Iowa State University has been researching the use of biochar in row-crop fields. The tool can be helpful, but it also has limitations, he says.
This winter, farmers will undoubtedly be confronted with the infamous supply curve for commodities.
Fight Over Ethanol Escalates as Bankruptcy Refuels Debate (1)
Cash rents are due in roughly 30 days, and some farmers are looking at ways to generate some cash. One way to do it is to move grain, and that’s when basis can come into play.
Earlier this year, China announced they would require ethanol blends in all fuel by 2020. This announcement gave U.S. corn producers hope that this could bump corn prices in the coming years in preparation.
Due to the holiday season, export sales were delayed and the significant number of cancellations were concerning, says Jamie Wasemiller of the Gulke Group.
What are you thankful for this Thanksgiving? “I’m thankful for being involved in agriculture,” says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group. Listen to the full report now and hear what all Jerry Gulke is really thankful for. It’s something all farmers can relate to and appreciate.
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group and Farm Journal’s Pam Fretwell discussed the events that helped the market to recover such as in the case for soybeans, a positive close for the week after a poor start.
After finding cases of skin irritation, Monsanto is pulling its new seed treatment for 2018 to review the product.
Farming is risky business—both financially and physically. As you empty grain bins this year, make sure you’re putting safety first to protect yourself and others involved in your operation.
This year’s weather conditions underscore the need for producers to be proactive about insurance.
Summit Agro USA is launching Shieldex 400SC, a new corn herbicide for the 2018 growing season.
Corn and soybean markets are tough, something Richard Brock of Brock & Associates have been grappling with. On Market Rally Radio Thursday, he discussed the five things farmers need to keep in mind when it comes to these two crops.
As Farm Journal’s Pam Fretwell and Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, go over this year’s markets, they also look ahead to some surprises that may come into being in early 2018.
In 1983 for the first time, planted soybean acres surpassed corn acres by 3.5 million acres. Some market analysts thought 2017 would be another year this would happen, but it didn’t.
Between October and November 47% of farmers will make their corn hybrid purchase decisions for 2018. That makes this two-month period the No. 1 seed buying time of the year, according to our annual Farm Journal Seed and Planting Survey. During our 2017 survey, you said the three most important factors for buying a seed brand are, in this order: consistency of performance (39%); yield (31%) and retailer relationship (14%). You rank price—at a mere 5%—as the fourth- most important factor (based on 535 responses).
When USDA released its September Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), corn and soybean prices saw red.
Kansas State University receives 2,300 acres of farmland
Farmers in Illinois might be tilling more land, but their interest in cover crops shows a willingness to adapt.
Going into harvest with a plan in mind will maximize operational efficiency, reap higher yields and boost your bottom line. Use the following 10 questions to devise your harvest plan:
Enlist One is a straight-goods 2,4-D choline product with Colex-D technology, by Dow AgroSciences. It allows farmers and applicators to tank-mix glufosinate and other approved tank mix products.
Producers with years of service on the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour made a clean sweep of this year’s awards.
These estimates are based on assumptions for normal weather through September.