Weather - General
Innovative research is revealing thousands of untapped genes that could help breeders develop hybrids with better stress tolerance, grain quality and performance across diverse farming systems.
Record heat, a rare Pacific hurricane triplet, and a wobbly South American monsoon are the latest signs of a historic El Niño, and Nutrien’s Eric Snodgrass says it’s about to squeeze this fall’s harvest window, too.
Barbell, beer can and banana are descriptive names for abnormal ear shapes that show up every season and cause yield losses — problems growers could avoid more often by tuning into three factors researchers refer to as GEM.
Darin Newsom, senior market analyst with Barchart, says it is not unexpected to see a little profit taking moving into the end of the month. However, he thinks any breaks will be bought by the trend following funds.
Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says the market saw massive fund buying and short covering adding war or geopolitical premium.
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says the Truth Social post from President Trump that 300,000 MT of beef imports will enter the U.S. duty free over the next 90 days to lower beef prices tanked the cattle market early Friday.
Day 1 of the Pro Farmer Crop Tour highlights a deeply divided Corn Belt. Scouts find drought-damaged corn but surprisingly resilient soybeans in the West, while the East battles mud and highly uneven maturity.
Naomi Blohm of Total Farm Marketing says corn, soybeans and wheat had strong technical closes on Friday and for the week. What will it take to keep going?