Corn
Calculations show corn is the more profitable crop in Illinois into late-May.
But producers have less of the crop forward sold compared to last year.
Canola acres are projected to decline from year-ago.
People are using Facebook to share updates about how weather in their state is shaping up this April.
Soybean harvest is around 40% complete and corn harvest is around one-third complete.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss how volatility in the outside markets influenced grain markets this week.
Much of the U.S. to shift to above-normal temps late this week.
Cool temps ease in areas of Europe.
Forecast doesn’t bode well for planting season.
See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of the April 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production reports.
An unknown destination purchased new-crop corn, USDA annnounced.
Meteorologist Gail Martell provides her weather insight.
Profitable prices are likely to continue, although nowhere close to last year’s record for key crops.
Cooler, unsettled weather continues across Europe.
Monsanto raised its full-year earnings forecast and posted fiscal second-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as U.S. farmers bought more corn seed.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss the impacts of USDA’s March 28 reports.
China’s usage pace of corn and soybeans will continue to grow.
Good stands are showing up in the Plains, while moisture elsewhere won’t allow farmers to plant for a little while longer, readers tell AgWeb.com on Facebook.
Firm sees slight increase in corn and soybean acres from 2012’s planted levels.
Corn and soybeans fell for a second session in Chicago on signs feed use in the U.S. may slow just as the nation’s farmers prepare to boost plantings.
In fact, the study finds that ethanol is reducing pump prices.
As the astronomical spring rolled into the Northern Hemisphere March 20, it felt anything except that for Minnesota farmers.
Above-normal water availability from current snowback increases flooding risk for the Red River of the North.
A new “king” is emerging in Mississippi. Soybeans remain the most-planted crop, but in recent years corn has made some serious inroads.
Farmers in the Cornhusker State were hoping and needing a winter recharge of soil moisture. Unfortunately, that hasn’t happened.
Even though Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring this year, farmers in the groundhog’s home state shouldn’t expect to have their planters rolling for another few weeks.
Matt Struckhoff, a USGS ecologist who’s studied floodplains for more than a decade, says the effects of sand in the soil are twofold -- one problematic for farmers, the other beneficial.
Farmers reluctant to sell new-crop corn and soybeans in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Signs that shipping bottlenecks in Brazil are encouraging importers to seek U.S. supplies.