Dry conditions continue to slow Brazil's soybean planting season. Although sowing has advanced, forecasts indicate that the rains will remain irregular, and producers may have to work on replanting. In Mato Grosso, which is the largest ...
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The WASDE and Crop Production Reports estimate record average yields for both corn and soybeans. Those big numbers make a bearish boom in the oversupplied markets. The USDA reports that average U.S. corn yields are 171.7 compared to ...
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Corn export demand has risen in the last month, and that's likely to push futures prices to a range of about 5 to 15 cents higher than a month ago, according to Wednesday's USDA-NASS World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) ...
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Brazil cuts corn & soybean crop production forecasts. Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent ...
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Brazil revealed the first estimates of damage to its crop prospects from hot and dry weather, cutting forecast for corn and soybean production, but the downgrades failed to prevent a tumble in Chicago futures. The Conab crop bureau cut by ...
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Seth Naeve, Ph.D., is a soybean researcher at the University of Minnesota U.S. soybean farmers are heavily dependent on demand from international purchasers. Although global supplies are currently relatively tight, buyers do have a ...
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What challenges do soybean farmers face planting cover crops before and after soybeans? The benefits of cover crops in rotations is widely documented and include reducing erosion; improving soil structure; nutrient cycling; increasing ...
OILSEEDS: U.S. soybean supplies are increased 5 million bushels to 3.46 billion on higher projected imports, mainly from Canada. Soybean exports for 2013/14 are projected at 1.51 billion bushels, up 15 million from last month reflecting the ...
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The US Department of Agriculture is projecting domestic 2013-2014 soybean production to total 3.289 billion bushels, unchanged from the January estimate, data showed Monday. Projected soybean supplies in the USDA's February World ...
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USDA released bullish production and ending stocks data for corn Friday morning, while soybean data fell well within previous trade estimates for both variables, making the federal data neutral for that crop, traders say. In its Grain ...
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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, ...
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A new report on farmer perspectives on climate and agriculture, gathered in a 2012 survey of nearly 5,000 farmers from 11 Corn Belt states, presents survey results by watershed. "Farmer Perspectives on Agriculture and Weather Variability ...
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Soybeans were higher on fund and commercial buying, along with spillover from corn. 2013 soybean production was up on the year and larger than expected at 3.29 billion bushels, while quarterly stocks were up on the year, but ending stocks ...
Tags: Corn, Corn Futures Prices, Prices Jump
The year began with many farmers waiting for the Jan. 10 USDA Supply and Demand Report. Also, some independent analysts have raised their estimates of the size of the 2013 U.S. corn and soybean crops. "The short-term fundamentals for corn ...