Search - AgWeb

More ears at harvest is the key to higher yield. That requires starting with a picket-fence stand with photocopied plants, achieved by adjusting your planter as conditions change from field to field and within fields.

Odds are rising there will be no new farm bill this year unless some of the volatile remarks and issues that surfaced at a Thursday hearing can be resolved.

Determine the causes of gaps, late-emerging plants and missing ears so you know how to fix the problems in the future.

Corn yield results not from the number of plants in a field but rather the number of ears. Commit to season-long scouting and consider these tips for evaluating ear development.

AgDay TV Markets Now: John Payne of Hedge Point Global Markets discusses the profit taking in grains Thursday and new highs in live cattle off sharply higher cash.

Just ahead of USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, the largest cotton growing state in the U.S. is seeing another year of drought, and with fields resembling the Dust Bowl, crop prospects are dwindling by the day.

But early soybean yields are coming in lower than anticipated. . .

Since states have majority control of utility policies and rates, the differences between renewable and fossil fuel-generated electricity is dramatic. California has a duck curve for electricity demand and solar supply.

Grains drift on profit taking after many contracts hit chart resistance. Live cattle make new contract highs on sharply higher cash. Cotton rallied anticipating lower acres. John Payne, Hedge Point Global Markets.

Grains starting to drift in report mode, but some markets hit chart resistance. Funds buy in cattle working in higher cash. Hogs mixed ahead of Hogs and Pigs Report. Jeff Hoogendoorn, Professional Ag Marketing.