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Corn was lower on fund and technical selling. Corn is monitoring development weather, with traders expecting a steady to improved national crop rating. As of Sunday, 73% of U.S. corn is rated good to ...
A southwestern Indiana farmer says his crops are feeling the impacts of the recent heat wave. Ben Kron says the drier weather has affected corn growth. “In some of our sandy areas where we can’t get a ...
The National Corn Growers Association’s vice president of sustainable production and value chain engagement says the goal of a new partnership with Ag Data Transparent is to clarify carbon markets for ...
The National Pork Producers Council is stressing the economic impact of Proposition 12 as lawmakers consider a congressional solution to California’s livestock confinement law.
The president and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) says enough uncertainty remains in the biofuels industry to keep the nation’s soy crush plants from operating at full ...
An eastern Iowa cattle farmer says pasture conditions have been a pleasant surprise. Lisa Kubik tells Brownfield, “Pastures look fantastic. The last three to four years we’ve definitely been lacking ...
Results from a recent crop tour indicate another bumper U.S. spring wheat crop. Dave Green with the Wheat Quality Council says scouts sampled more than 300 fields across the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Talks are underway between two major U.S. class one railroads for a possible merger. In a statement, Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern say “The companies are engaged in advanced discussions ...
The cash dairy market activity has gone from one extreme to the other. Katie Burgess with ever.ag tells Brownfield this past week has been eerily quiet, especially in the cheese market where there ...
The chief economist at the American Soybean Association says soybean-based biofuels continue to lead demand prospects for the crop. Scott Gerlt says updates to the 45Z tax credit in the recently ...
A Purdue University Extension soybean agronomist says fall-applied sulfur is proving beneficial for soybeans. Shaun Casteel says tank mixing sulfur solutions into fall fertilizer applications saves ...
The USDA’s long-awaited return of the mid-year Cattle Inventory report indicates widespread herd expansion still isn’t happening. As of July 1, all cattle and calves in the U.S. are 1 percent below ...