Farm Economy
Oregon frozen food company iced out by worker shortage
Looking for Clues to Fate of Fertilizer Rally Amid Surplus)
Monsanto speaks to investors about its motivation to pursue Syngenta.
Recent declines in grain and oilseed prices and the strengthening U.S. dollar might start to put a damper on escalating farmland prices.
The seed treatment provided visible response in the first, second and third crown roots, with more root mass and root hairs.
Farmers anticipated to plant up to 2.5 million more soybean acres than in 2012.
The run of near-record crop prices might be about to end, if not this fall then by harvest 2014, analysts say.
If this year’s corn, soybean and wheat yields approach anything resembling a normal trend line, farm income for crop producers is likely to fall lower, potentially near break-even by year’s end.
Amid other lessons, the titanic drought of 2012 gave farmers an education in crop insurance—and a reminder that it’s as vital a tool in a marketing plan as options or calls.
The 2012 Census of Agriculture features several firsts—among them, new questions about land-use practices, Internet access and crops grown for production of renewable energy.