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USDA crop progress and condition report highlights.
Martell outlines key weather events.
The Oil Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Program is a long-running effort to make sure petroleum products don’t enter the U.S. water supply.
Summer crop area expected to be similar to year-ago.
Following the recent record-high cotton prices, demand for cotton has steadily decreased while output has increased.
Says slowdown in global economy behind reduction to forecast.
Cotton is a “mixed bag” in the Panhandle and South Plains, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service personnel.
Texas producers are abandoning irrigated fields of cotton, corn, sorghum and hay as wells run dry.
USDA’ s cotton crop progress ratings for the week ended Aug. 29.
Last week’s Hurricane Irene dumped heavy rain on nearly all of the cotton in Virginia and North Carolina. But it could have been worse.
Mississippi’s young cotton crop has already faced a list of challenges including flooding, late planting, insects and now drought.
Strong demand for cotton will push the new-crop annual average price to a new record high despite anticipated record-high global cotton production.
Will the expected increase of cotton acres actually get in the ground?
Cotton market fundamentals look strong but opinions are mixed after prices slipped from last week’s historic highs.
Key figures from USDA’s S&D, Production Reports
USDA’ s cotton progress and condition ratings for the week ended Aug. 8.
Percent squaring is well above average; not so for boll setting.
For the past six years CNBC has created a “Disruptor 50” list, that features private companies with innovations changing the world. This year, three agricultural companies made the list.
MycoApply EndoPrime is an in-furrow corn treatment used to enhance the soil and ultimately yield. Valent is including four species of mycorrhizal fungi to improve corn’s performance.
The San Fransisco Superior Court will soon hear testimony from a man dying of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma who claims Roundup (glyphosate) caused his cancer.
The North Shelby Ag Leader plot (NSHS) is emblematic of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) spirit, a boots-on-the-ground experience centered squarely on education, community and legacy.
USDA is currently projecting near-record yields for the 2018 corn and soybean crops, but whether or not that actually comes to fruition will depend on nighttime temperatures here on out.
Earlier this week a California judge ruled glyphosate does not need a label warning stating it causes cancer. U.S. District Court Judge William Shuff denied an amendment that asked the state to require the warning.
When you walk near corn fields you might hear a familiar snapping noise. It could be the wind, but at this time of rapid growth you could literally be hearing corn grow.
What would it take for corn to return to its glory days after living at $3 per bu.?
Thursday Farmer’s Business Network (FBN) announced it will be introducing a suite of four offerings to help farmers through crop marketing.
One of the biggest surprises in the USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report came in the adjustments to Chinese corn stocks.