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On September 11, 2001, Dan Baginski should have been at his desk on the 78th floor of the World Trade Center’s South Tower. Instead, he was 3,000 miles away — milking cows at the Washington State Fair.

Renewal fuel proponents continue their efforts

Innovative research is revealing thousands of untapped genes that could help breeders develop hybrids with better stress tolerance, grain quality and performance across diverse farming systems.

Planting soybeans months before wheat harvest sounds risky. But farmers Brian Tanner and Jason Mauck find it dries wet fields faster, cuts input costs and gives wheat a profitable place back in Corn Belt rotations.

Vince Boddicker with Farmers Trading Company says the market disregarded flash export sales for corn and soybeans and instead funds took some profits after a sizable rally staged in August and early September and before the WASDE.

Mike Castle with StoneX, says the risk off selling was tied to profit taking in the grain markets ahead of the September WASDE on Friday.

Researchers say a simple combine tweak gives farmers a way to concentrate up to 95% of their toughest weed seeds into just 5% of a field.

“I’ve spent less than 35% of normal chemical costs so far this year,” Orin Romine says. “It’s not complicated. On my operation, the math works.”

Mark Schultz with Northstar Commodity says wheat was adding geopolitical premium on Tuesday as peace talks failed over the weekend but the grain complex was also positioning ahead of the USDA reports.