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Farmers in Iowa are trying to stay optimistic but say the next two weeks are critical for getting some rain or they’ll be seeing significant yield loss.
Illinois crop ratings have dropped like a rock with only 33% of soybeans and 36% of corn rated good to excellent in this week’s USDA crop progress report.
South Dakota farmers have planted 49% of the corn and 29% of the soybeans in the state. Both are ahead of the five-year average and a surprise with fields snow covered in April.
High water levels and flooding are starting to ease on the upper Mississippi River which is allowing locks to reopen and barge traffic to resume.
Planting has been going full steam the last two weeks in Iowa and farmers now have 70% of the corn and 49% of the soybeans planted which in both cases are nearly 20% ahead of average.
China seems to have made the strategic decision to buy ag products from just about every global supplier but the U.S., largely a result of the rising trade tensions between the two countries.
A historic drought has severely cut the size of this year’s crop in Argentina, especially soybeans. Processors will be forced to import soybeans just to stay in business.
Agriculture is watching the ongoing contract negotiations between the unions at West Coast ports as tensions rise. However, the unreliability of shipping has already caused a shift in business to East Coast ports.
While fertilizer prices are off March lows, they are still from 45% to 60% lower than this time last year, depending on the nutrient or product.
Crude oil moves back above $80, what does that mean for interest rates and diesel fuel prices for farmers this growing season?
Farmers are facing a headwind other than the weather heading into the spring planting sesaon. Credit is tightening as farmers finalize or renew operating notes or loans for capital purchases.
Oil prices are also off their highs of last year and gas and diesel prices are also sliding at the pump, but will that trend continue ahead of planting? Energy experts are hoping the answer is yes.
USDA will release its estimates on farmers planting intensions at the end of March. Ahead of that, commodity firm Allendale has released its own acreage projections.
USDA’s Equity Commission recently recommended sweeping changes across the entire government agency. What can farmers expect to see?
WASDE Report was bullish for soybeans with a cut in U.S. ending stocks and 8 mmt cut in Argentina production, corn ending stocks bearish, raised 75 mb. Wheat balance sheet unchanged. Jim McCormick of AgMarket.Net.
Farmers in the northwestern corn belt have had normal to above normal moisture this winter which will play into planting intensions, but so will commodity and input prices. So what will the acreage mix look like?
Every year, farmers from the Northern Plains make their way to the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, ND...for the CHS Ag Services Ag Industry Day where they got an update on weather, agronomics and markets for 2023.
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine farmers continue to see reduced crop production and exports. Farming has been difficult in the middle of a war, but farmers such as Nick Gordiichuk have persevered.
Orange production in Florida is projected to be down nearly two-thirds from last year and according to USDA at levels not seen since the Great Depression. What does this mean for producers and consumers?
Is the Biden Administration’s trade agenda finally making some progress? Farm groups are hopeful after key appointments are confirmed and some recent success stories on the trade front.
With the expansion of the U.S. soybean processing industry due to the push for green fuels farmers are looking for a new home for the extra meal...and they’re finding it in Morocco.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the river 24 hours a day, 7 days a week since July but hopes to finish very soon.
Natural gas prices rebound Monday after hitting lows not seen in a year. Is the bottom in? John Wenzel, Senior Risk Management Consultant with StoneX has details.
The acreage battle will be a hot topic in 2023, especially for the cotton market. Early indication the nation’s farmers will be planting less cotton.
We have a new definition for the Waters of the U.S. — at least for now. Some farm groups, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, are unhappy with the outcome.
Proposed farmworker labor reforms from Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and others were left out of the omnibus spending package but farm groups are continuing to push for immigration reform.
Fufeng USA is purchasing 370 acres in Grand Forks to build a $700 million project. A government review didn’t raise enough red flags to block the proposal, which has refueled the debate about foreign land ownership.
Damage remains along the tornado’s 220-mile path nearly a year after the deadly tornado tore through Mayfield, Kentucky. Farmers and ag businesses are still working to restore their operations.
Grains mixed after WASDE. The only change USDA made to U.S. ending stocks was in corn by lowering exports. Brian Splitt of AgMarket.Net has analysis.
Every year farmers push the yield envelope on their farm. The agronomic approach is different for every farmer, but an NCGA Yield Contest winner has some advice.