Corn
A corn grower asks: Will making a shallow application of 10-34-0 provide corn plants with sufficient phosphorus during early growth stages when corn is planted in cool soils with a soil Bray P1 of 35+ ppm? Ken Ferrie and Missy Bauer, Farm Journal field agronomists, share their recommendation.
The poultry industry is one of the biggest demand drivers for corn and soybean meal, but HPAI is eating into sales.
Ken Ferrie says to batten down the hatches for this season by picking the right hybrids, placing them on the right fields and giving them the right management. He outlines the steps you can take now to do just that.
Mexico’s president said on Tuesday the country will respond to U.S. tariffs with a 25% tariff on U.S. goods, but she will hold off announcing the targeted products until Sunday.
Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the grain markets made new lows for the move on fund liquidation and technical selling pressure tied to trade retaliation by Canada, Mexico and China.
Under the direction of Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, USDA is ready to roll out a number of programs that have been on hold pending review, and she’s pushing Congress to get to work on finishing a new farm bill.
The company says this will be its largest field-trial program to date, giving farmers the opportunity to see the performance of industry leading products in their own fields.
After several weeks of being bullish on corn, Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, bought protection against downside risk in the market. What changed his mind? It was signs he saw even before USDA released it’s corn acreage at the Ag Outlook Forum.
Shawn Hackett, Hackett Financial Advisors, says the technical selling pressure hit commodity and outside markets and was tied to uncertainty regarding tariffs being placed on Canada and Mexico on March 4 and bearish economic news.
Joe Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says the grain markets bounced overnight and saw a higher opening but funds used that strength to liquidate or sell more contracts.