Both slaughter steer prices and beef carcass cutout values set new record highs this week. Through Thursday, the 5-area average price for slaughter steers sold on a live weight basis was $139.54/cwt, up $2.08 from a week ago and up $13.18 ...
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
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 ...
Corn for grain production is estimated at a record 13.9 billion bushels, down slightly from the November 1 forecast but 29 percent above 2012. The average yield in the United States is estimated at 158.8 bushels per acre. This is down 1.6 ...
U.S. feed grain supplies for 2013/14 are projected lower with reduced production estimated for corn and sorghum. Harvested area for corn is raised 436,000 acres, but the estimated yield is lowered 1.6 bushels per acre to 158.8, reducing ...
Tags: Corn, Projected Corn, Corn Use for 2013/14
The sale of seed treatments has tripled in the last decade. Why? It makes economic sense for the farmers who use them, says Jay Vroom, CropLife Foundation president and CEO. Vroom and CropLife Foundation had a press conference at the ...
A new study, released by the Canada-U.S. Task Group, a group of Canadian and U.S. non-profit and trade organizations, documents the commercial flow of grain from the United States to Canada. The study addresses U.S. and Canadian trade ...
On Friday, the CME Group's corn, soybean and wheat markets are expected to trade mostly weaker. The early calls for the commodities on Friday, January 10, 2013, are mixed. Corn is seen opening 1-2 cents lower, soybeans 4-6 cents higher, ...
Tags: Corn, Soybeans, Agriculture, Food
Animal ag and soybeans have a relationship that goes back generations. That relationship will continue in 2014 as the soy checkoff supports some innovative work of the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) and the USA Poultry and Egg Export ...
Tags: Meat-Export, Soybean-Meal Demand, Checkoff
DuPont Pioneer Taps New Scientific Disciplines to Improve Yield Potential Adds expertise in novel fields to help improve performance in customer fields From DuPont Pioneer News As part of its ongoing commitment to provide corn ...
By lowering ending stocks estimates, the USDA released market-friendly data Friday. As a result, the corn finished double-digits higher. The March corn futures contract closed 20 3/4 cents higher at $4.32. The March soybean futures ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) annual research and development update marks the company's largest advancement of products to date. The agricultural company announced today a record 29 products progressed in its pipeline with five of those ...
Tags: Annual Product, Monsanto
EPA Awards Almost Half a Million in Funding to Three Universities for Projects to Reduce Pesticide Risk Including Risks to Bees Louisiana State, Penn State and University of Vermont at the forefront of groundbreaking technology ...
Tags: EPA, Risks to Bees
Wednesday's Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.17, down 9 cents Jan. soybeans closed at $13.00 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 cents Jan. soybean meal closed at $430.60, down $4.00 Jan. soybean oil closed at 37.43, ...
With temperatures dropping to single digits this week, Michelle D. Harris, VMD, Dipl. ACVIM, lecturer in the Section of Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center, offers the following tips to keep ...