For the last year, there's been some guarded optimism that the U.S. hog herd could be on its way to expansion. But, the sustained growth forecast in 2013 never really reached fruition by the year's end that industry-watchers saw coming. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Since late last summer, corn prices have fallen dramatically, but distillers grain prices have not. "While corn prices at South Dakota ethanol plants have dropped $1.50 per bushel since August 2, dried distillers grains plus solubles ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Grain
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Prices Mar. corn closed at $4.23 and 1/2, up 3 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $12.89 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $424.50, up 70 cents Jan. soybean oil closed at 38.34, ...
Tags: soybeans, crop development conditions, wheat, corn, crop price
The number of soybean acres in Manitoba will likely increase again in 2014, says a senior market analyst with FarmLink Marketing solutions. "When we think about relative prices, the conversations we have with our clients point to soybeans ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Soybean
As farmers flip the calendar over to January, they may be turning to new realities regarding grain markets as well. "All eyes are focused on the big competition (from South America)," explains Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Foreign Factors
The USDA released its monthly Crop Production and WASDE reports earlier this month and Kansas State University Extension Agricultural Economist Dan O’Brien has been crunching the numbers to see what they portend for grain prices in ...
Tags: Grain Prices, Record Levels
With 2013 corn harvest prices approximately half of those in 2012, cow-calf producers may choose corn for supplementation again. It’s probably the cheapest source of energy on the market if you can feasibly deliver it to the cow herd. ...
Tags: Beef Cows, Protein Supplementation
There is widespread concern about potential sulfur (S) deficiencies in corn and soybeans in the North Central region. Sulfur is relatively immobile within the plant, so symptoms usually appear in the new growth. Atmospheric deposition used ...
Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. Near term weather forecasts for South America look generally non-threatening and there was some rain in parts of their soybean region over the weekend. Overall, trade will be fairly slow ...
Tags: Weaker Corn, Soy, Wheat
Soybean producers and agribusiness representatives can download the results from 14 different on-farm research projects conducted by the SMaRT program in 2013. The 2013 SMaRT (Soybean Management and Research Technologies) on-farm research ...
Tags: Soybean, agribusiness
Soybeans were lower on fund and commercial selling. There are some concerns about weather in parts of Argentina, but Brazil looks good and the trade expects a record crop out of the continent. Past that – there was no real fresh news ...
Tags: Soybean, Corn Futures
Brookings, S.D. - Soil testing has proven to be a reliable tool to guide fertilizer recommendations. However, growers are looking for additional ways to confirm that soil and fertilizer applications are meeting the nutritional needs of the ...
Tags: Soybean, Decision Tools
Of the 1,093 million lb of feedstocks used to produce biodiesel in October, 50.41% was soybean oil, a 1.21 percentage point decline from September, US Energy Information Administration data showed Monday. Soybean oil remained the largest ...
Tags: Soybean Oil, Biodiesel Production
On Friday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start higher. The early calls for the commodities on Friday, January 3, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents higher, soybeans 2-4 cents higher, and ...
Tags: Corn, Soybeans, Agriculture, Food
The CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to start lower. The early calls for the commodities on Thursday, January 2, 2013, are lower. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents lower, soybeans 1-2 cents lower, and wheat 1-2 cents ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food