Ethanol production in Germany rose 9.6% in 2013 to 672,028 mt (852,000 cu m or 225 million gallons), reaching the highest level since records began in 2007, German ethanol industry association BDBe said Thursday. Nearly 40% or 267,074 mt ...
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By Edward Usset, University of Minnesota Extension Soybean plantings will likely increase by two million acres or more in 2014, indicating reason to be nervous about new crop soybean prices in the months ahead. It's reasonable to assume ...
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Two Purdue Extension agronomists are seeking farmers to collaborate in on-farm, field-scale research trials to study corn plant populations and nitrogen management. Corn specialist Bob Nielsen and soil fertility specialist Jim Camberato ...
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Polish biodiesel production jumped almost 11% on the year to 184,684 mt in the third quarter of 2013, the Energy Regulatory Office (URE) said Thursday. A local market source attributed the rise to strong downstream diesel demand bolstering ...
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USDA reports combined old and new crop corn, soybean, and wheat export sales for the week ending January 23 were larger than expected, while soybean meal and soybean oil were within pre-report estimates. Physical shipments of corn and ...
Canada has announced its second case of the PED virus, also in Ontario. The U.S. ended 2013 with PED on 2,000 farms and has added another 600 this month. The impact of the virus is pushing summer hog futures contracts close to record highs. ...
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He's raised hogs in Hancock County for 40 years in a family farming business and he's now the new president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association. Jamie Schmidt from Garner accepted the gavel from 2013 IPPA President Greg Lear of Spencer ...
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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look good, but China's celebrating their New Year, which could take them out of the market for a while. However, while there ...
By Kay Ledbetter Producers facing possible changes in their crop rotations due to water availability and other fluctuations in agriculture will soon have an online decision aid tool, according to DeDe Jones, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ...
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New wheat herbicide, new sorghum and corn hybrids, multi-hybrid planter, and new partnerships all on the horizon. Zidua herbicide receives federal registration for wheat BASF announced that Zidua herbicide has received federal ...
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The outlook's flipped, and now one forecaster's calling for a drier Brazil and wetter Argentina moving forward moving through the remainder of South America's safrinha growing season. In a seasonal outlook released this week, Commodity ...
The early calls for the commodities on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, are predominantly weaker. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents lower, soybeans 2-4 cents lower, and wheat 4-6 cents higher. In overnight trading, the March corn futures contract ...
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Wheat futures closed mixed on Friday, marking the first time in seven weeks a nearby contract closed higher than the previous week. Stronger export demand for U.S. supplies combined with cold temperatures that threaten winter wheat ...
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The latest Arctic blast has culminated in rare winter snows across portions of the Southeast and Gulf Coast. National snow cover is now up to 42.1% (vs. 31.2% last month), with some areas as far south as northwestern Florida now with a ...
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National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of the Best of the Best program. The 2014 National Hard Spring Wheat Show has taken on a different look this year with the incorporation of ...
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