Corn
Margin changes effective August 5, 2012.
Cereal supplies improve in spite of tight coarse grains.
Beige book highlights recent economic activity.
Says U.S. HRW wheat area also in need of more precip.
The decline was driven by sharp falls in international prices of cereals, sugar and oils.
Outside markets supportive for commodity buying to start new year.
Models split as to strength of episode this winter.
The food price index rose from last month, but the drop in energy was more than offsetting.
Says Commission should take immediate action and punish any wrongdoing.
Says Districts reported mostly favorable ag conditions.
A repeating pattern is forming to bring more active weather.
Slips back to a level last seen during the 2008-2009 recession.
One-category improvement in some Midwest areas.
The answer will depend on many factors including the size of the U.S. corn crop.
Livestock producers soon might be facing a critical decision: whether they should reduce their use of corn for feed.
Pork producers are maintaining the size of the breeding herd in the face of a very uncertain financial outlook.
Take your farm’s fiscal vital signs and put steps in place for better health.
There’s an old adage among farmers in the Midwest that says when corn is cheap you have to “walk it to market.”
The last few weeks have shown a roller-coaster of a ride with the 50-day Moving Average. Worried about marketing your crops and livestock this year? Read Bill Biedermann’s column to gain insight on how this year’s corn, soybean and wheat crops, along with hogs and cattle, could play out in the market.
Listen in as Pat McGonegle gives us a “state of the Iowa pork industry” for summer 2019.
For months, traders debated which crops U.S. farmers would sow this year. That discussion is now turning to how many acres may be left unplanted as relentless rainfall sweeps the Midwest.
President Donald Trump said that the U.S. will boost its purchases of domestic farm products for humanitarian aid in an effort to offset lost demand from China as trade tensions flare between the nations.
USDA’s World Agricultura Supply and Demand Estimates for March increase corn carryout by 100 million bushels.
USDA’s World Agricultura Supply and Demand Estimates for December are little changed from November’s numbers but soybean ending stocks are projected at a record 955 million bushels.
The agriculture markets are getting a lift as U.S. trade relations improve with Mexico, one of the largest foreign buyers of American meat and grain.
It’s been hot and steamy across the Corn Belt the past couple weeks, but as you drive down the I-55 corridor, uniform fields show promise for a record corn crop in 2018.