Roberto Rodrigues was Brazil’s minister of agriculture from 2003 through 2006, and he’s recognized as one of that country’s leading authorities on agriculture. Like his father and grandfather, he is an agricultural ...
Tags: intensification, family farms, market forces
Today, we await a much anticipated WASDE report. Ahead of this release, the markets this morning show wheat on the decline, flirting with 574 while March soybeans remain buoyant in the 1330's. Corn is steady in the lower 440's. Recently, ...
USDA left the U.S. ending stocks number for soybeans unchanged in its monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, deflating hopes of what some market-watchers said could be a bullish jolt for that pit. At the ...
Though hog farmers are starting to see decent profits, the continued presence of a major disease continues to keep a lid on profits and herd expansion, a report released this week shows. In a quarterly pork report, Rabobank livestock ...
Tags: lower feed costs, the pork market, PEDv
Penford Food Ingredients has launched PenDure CW, a non-GMO white corn protein, designed to cater to the increasing demand for protein-enriched foods. Claimed to contain a minimum of 50% protein, the non-allergenic and Kosher-certified ...
With China canceling a corn purchase,the market finished lower Thursday.However,soybeans closed higher on crop-weather concerns abroad. At the close,the March corn futures contract finished 1/4 of a cent lower at$4.43.The March soybean ...
Tags: soybeans, soybean futures, Brent crude oil
Organic farmers in California face unique issues in this devastating drought, leading some to bow out … or sell cows for hamburger meat San Joaquin Valley organic dairy farmer Tony Azevedo's business has dried up—literally. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic Dairy
Journalists have long used the term "thumbsucker" to describe a piece that was usually fairly long and obvious yet still pulled together some story that was worth telling but didn't have to be told today. "Schedule that thumbsucker from ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
I am betting your response to the headline was the same as when I read the news: HUH? The proposed Farm Bill has finally gathered the bicameral and bipartisan support of a conference committee. Food Safety News recently reported that ...
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Continued pressure from ample global wheat supplies pushed all three futures markets lower this week. Increased export demand and threats of winterkill lent some support midweek. CBOT March wheat dropped 10 cents to $5.56/bu. KCBT fell 12 ...
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In 2012-13 we evaluated 24 cultivars of bicolor and white synergistic cultivars of sweet corn in 3 locations across Pennsylvania. This article presents our methods and results. To provide growers with information for successful, region ...
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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 ...
It is indeed becoming curiouser and curiouser (to quote Alice in Wonderland) that this discussion should focus so one-sidedly on our lowly alfalfa crop. Even the National Geographic article implies that the quantity of 'water' exported with ...
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USDA's February WASDE increased their forecast of slaughter steer prices in 2014 by $2.50/cwt. They now expect the 5 area average for slaughter steers this year will be between $132/cwt and $140/cwt. USDA is predicting 2014 beef production ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The near term supply remains tight and demand continues to look strong, keeping the fundamentals pretty much bullish. Past that – there's acreage position squaring against corn and ...