Soybean News
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USDA currently pegs soybean plantings at 87.5 million acres. Market analysts offer projections both above and below that number and explain their rationale, which includes the South America crop and weather forecasts.
The earlier soybeans flower, the higher odds of more pods and beans.
As airlines jet out to reduce their carbon footprint, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel are taking flight. And analysts say it could be a demand boon for U.S. farmers.
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The Clemson EMC Calculator can help you with wet soybeans. With strips and anhydrous applications, focus on building a good seedbed for next spring.
Public policy to reduce carbon emissions is fueling demand for bio-based fuels.
Adam Chappell’s farming operation is transformed, and the 41-year-old grower doesn’t mince words: It was all about the money.
With the phase one trade deal with China official, farmers are expecting more positive momentum in the markets. However, they shouldn’t expect an extension of the MFP, according to USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.
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This year has presented farmers across the Midwest with a myriad of challenges, which are accounted for in the group’s national corn and soybean yield estimates.
The Crop Production numbers released Friday may change as NASS seeks to clarify corn and soybean acres that still were not harvested at the time of the end of the growing season survey.
In one of the most heavily ignored and needless catastrophes in recent U.S. history, 548,000 acres of the Mississippi Delta were silently swallowed in 2019 and submerged for five months.
Every management change ripples through the human, natural and physical environments.
Some Illinois elevators are taking soybeans with up to 18% moisture. Another option is if you have open bins with good air capacity, you might be able to put beans in the bin and apply air and heat to them.
Bayer told investors Tuesday that it sees no impact on its full-year guidance due to Hurricane Ida shutting down its glyphosate plant for more than five weeks, or the fact farmers may switch acreage decisions for 2022.
Positive demand news late in the week meant soybean prices tried to recover from the double digit losses after the USDA reports. And it’s more than price that could have the final say in the 2022 acreage debate.
Leaders the world’s largest input companies report material and freight costs continue to be high and farmers should expect prices to be up in 2022.
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These biological products have the ability to increase germination, improve nutrient uptake, enhance nutrient-use efficiency and increase tolerance to and recovery from abiotic stresses.
Plant health is making serious contributions to crop-yield outcomes this year. In some cases, the thanks is due to hybrid genetics while in others, timely fungicide applications paid for themselves.
Jon Stevens is an agriculture heretic: “Don’t argue with me about the awesome changes I’ve seen on my ground. You can argue with my logic and how I arrived there, but not the results.”
Indelicate handling systems can damage germination rates in soybeans.
The White House is accelerating its efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of the nation’s transportation system, and soybean growers could soon cash in on a new opportunity around low carbon fuel standards.
With lawmakers focused on environmental social governance and carbon-neutral fuels, odds are the momentum to replace petroleum-based diesel with renewable diesel will not be exhausted soon.
Farmer beware: The future impact of herbicide-resistant weeds is a question within a greater Pandora’s Box.
The full impact from Hurricane Ida is still unknown. The uncertainty was partially to blame for a major market sell-off Monday with September soybeans closing 54 cents lower and September corn down nearly 18 cents.
Crops across much of the state look good heading into the home stretch but still need to be monitored for insects and disease.