Crop & Feed Grains
Decision-making now turns to ACRE vs. direct payments
You have made your decision about crop insurance, and now your focus will turn to making a decision about participating in a farm program.
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Rain, snow help wash away portions of drought
Could the worst drought in 50 years finally be showing signs of weakness? Thanks to a burst of rain and snow in many Crop Belt states, the drought is finally showing some signs of improvement.
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A look at Brazil, Argentina soybean sectors
Most people expect the availability of soybean and soybean product supplies from Brazil and Argentina to have a significant impact on U.S. exports during the last 4 to 5 months of the 2012/13 crop year.
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Illinois farm sells for $15K an acre
Demand for farmland in the country’s fertile Crop Belt is still hot, as seen in an Illinois auction where a local farm sold for a whopping $15,375 per acre.
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AccuWeather says most of U.S. setting up for good growing year
The spring weather pattern for the United States looks greatly improved from a year ago, when drought was both widespread and severe, which is good news for agricultural producers, a private weather forecaster said on Wednesday.
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Late-winter storms provide some relief
The Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin from USDA and the Department of Commerce shows drought persisting, particularly over the western half of the United States and also in Florida. Two winter storms during the week ending March 9 however, provided some needed soil moisture across the Plains and Midwest.
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Field history, weather factor into disease management decisions
Field history and weather patterns are important in determining how to best manage crop diseases, says a Purdue plant pathologist.
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Corn, soybean profit margins could be squeezed to nothing
If you are a Corn Belt farmer, how will you be making enough money to survive a decade from now?
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As cuts loom, U.S. farm groups look for lower-cost crop subsidies
U.S. farm groups are looking for a formula to lower crop subsidy spending dramatically and end regional infighting ahead of new congressional demands for cuts in a farm bill now costing $10 billion more than planned.
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Anticipating the USDA's corn stocks estimate
On March 28, the USDA will release an estimate of U.S. corn stocks as of March 1, 2013. That estimate is based on a survey of all commercial storage facilities and a large sample of farmers.
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Weather patterns to determine if grain prices are lower in 2013
Whether or not these lower corn and soybean prices will occur during the next marketing year remains to be seen, and it will be primarily determined by weather conditions during this growing season.
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