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John Soper, Pioneer Vice President of Soybean Research, estimates that 90% or more of the SCN varieties on the market today contain PI-88788 type of resistance.
The Pro Farmer Crop Tour found some fields with pod counts 20% above last year, and reports a 44.9-bu. national yield, versus USDA’s 44 bu.
Consumption of palm oil will exceed production; soybean supplies ample
You may be getting nervous about getting your beans in the ground, but good conditions should still trump the calendar date.
More soybeans could be planted across the U.S.; at least that’s how it looks according to a recent poll.
Seasonal patterns still apply in most years, so use spring rally to price
Late planting and slow development the corn crop puts it at risk. University of Illinois Extension Entomologist Kevin Steffey suggests scouting for Japanese beetles.
China plans to purchase $4.5 billion worth of U.S. soybeans.
USDA’ s soybean progress ratings for the week ended July 4.
Hemp continues down the road of return as a standard U.S. row crop, with 23,343 acres in 2017, despite federal prohibition. Acreage more than doubled from 2016, and state licenses were issued to 1,424 producers.
In the 1800s, the Javorsky family immigrated from Russia to western Oklahoma. They brought with them a deep understanding of how to grow wheat and an entrepreneurial spirit.
After the USDA released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Thursday, corn and soybeans took the lead story away from wheat. Ending stocks for wheat for 2017/18 have been lowered 25 million bushels, the report citing increased exports as the cause.
Prime Shipping Foundation piloted blockchain payment system.
Sudan’s liberalized bread prices this year may affect trade.
Tillerman Seeds, LLC, of Grand Rapids, Mich. was formed to acquire specialty, GMO and non-GMO seed assets. This week it completed its first transaction with the successful purchase of DF Seeds Inc., of Dansville, Mich.
Wheat acres in the U.S. in 2017 were at lows not seen for a century. Going into 2018, it looks like that could be the case as well with farmers planting less wheat.
Spring wheat production rose 12 million bushels, shocking the marketplace and sending prices lower, says Jerry Gulke of the Gulke Group.
For an artisanal bread company, the farmer-producer relationship takes more than just separating the wheat from the chaff.
Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities
In 2017, wheat acres hit a 108-year low, and they’ll be fewer acres in 2018.
When California farmer John Duarte decided to settle his legal battle with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rather than risk losing his family owned nursery operation, a couple of signals were sent to all of agriculture according to Don Parish, senior director of regulatory relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation. Duarte agreed to pay a $1.1 million settlement after being accused by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of improperly disturbing a wetland when he plowed a wheat field.
Variety selection can play a huge role in yield and premiums