This past fall 2013, many growers found it difficult to plant wheat as early as they would like. In most cases, it was due to a prolonged dry-down period for the preceding crop. It resurrects the question of adjusting cropping strategies ...
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released final estimates of planted and harvested crop acreage for 2013 in the Crop Production 2013 Summary report on January 10. The USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) released its ...
Despite alfalfa’s declining acreage and use in many dairy rations, alfalfa breeders are excited about the legume’s future. The past two years, two companies have been putting considerable effort into building up their ...
Tags: Breeder, FGI, McCaslin, Robin Newell
The exports of cotton from Egypt have taken a hit due to a rise in local prices, owing to a drop in domestic cotton production and the lifting of an import ban, reports Ahram Online. Since the beginning of the cotton marketing season ...
Tags: Cotton Exports, cotton production
Soybeans were steady to firm on late fund and technical buying. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, especially from China, even if there is continued talk that they'll eventually cancel on some purchases. ...
Tags: Soybeans, Agriculture, Food
DES MOINES, Iowa --The CME Group soybean market capped off a three-day rally, while corn and wheat closed lower Wednesday. The March corn futures contract closed 5 3/4 cents lower at $4.25. The March soybean futures contract settled 11 ...
Tags: CME Group, soybean, Peter Meyer, upside traction
Cotton planting has been completed in nearly 34.4 percent of the estimated 582,000 hectares land to be cultivated for cotton in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, as per the Institute of Agricultural Economics of Mato Grosso (IMEA). ...
Tags: Mato Grosso, Cotton
A special crop, pulse and canola processor has signed a major delivery contract, thanks to its trucking capabilities. Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), a Seattle, Washington-based subsidiary of Legumex Walker Inc. (which is headquartered in ...
Tags: Canola Oil, Agriculture, Food
In November 2013, IVC US announced its plans to build a brand new luxury vinyl plank and tile (LVT) manufacturing facility in the United States. The company has revealed that it will expand on its current site on IVC Drive in Dalton. ...
Tags: IVC US, luxury vinyl plank and tile, manufacturing facility, IVC Drive
U.S. farmers produced a record-high 13.9 billion bushels of corn last year, but demand from livestock and ethanol producers is helping support corn prices and may provide modest selling opportunities for producers in the coming months, ...
Tags: corn production, corn crop, ethanol usage, feed
Soybeans were mixed ahead of Friday's USDA numbers. USDA's expected to report a big crop Friday, but that may be moderated by an increase in their export estimate, with the reports out at Noon Eastern/11 AM Central. China bought more U.S. ...
Tags: Grain, Grain Futures, USDA Reports
Dana Petroleum has signed concession agreements for the West Dakhla 1 and 2 areas in the Egyptian Western Desert. The blocks were awarded through the GANOPE Bid Round 2010. The forecasted activities in the initial exploration phase of ...
Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR) (“Matador” or the “Company”), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources, with an ...
Today (January 7, 2014), Ing. Guillermo Coco, President of Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén S.A., Martin Bachmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of Wintershall Holding GmbH and responsible for Exploration & Production ...
Tags: Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén, Wintershall, Aguada Federal
In the Arizona desert, the first U.S. commercial plantings of Giant King Grass are being established – for use as livestock feed first, and hopefully as a renewable energy feedstock in the future. That's according to Carl Kukkonen, ...
Tags: Energy Crop, Livestock Feed