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Lower Consumption of Cotton Will Lead to Higher Ending Stocks for Both 2014/15 and 2015/16

Jul 14, 2015

Lower consumption of cotton will lead to higher ending stocks for both 2014/15 and 2015/16 relative to last month, says the US department of agriculture (USDA) in its estimate for this month’s world cotton supply and demand. For ...

Tags: Lower Cotton Consumption, higher ending stocks

Corn Planting Encounters Weather Window

Apr 28, 2015

Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...

Tags: Corn, Agriculture

The Winter Wheat Crop in Parts of The Plains Is Falling in Quality

Apr 8, 2015

The winter wheat crop in parts of the Plains is falling in quality while farmers are seeing delays in the mid-South as corn-planting fights to move north into the Midwest, where another set of weather challenges and potential delays could ...

Tags: National Agricultural Statistics Service, Warm temperatures, Agriculture

Better Weather Has Pushed Planting Progress Forward

Apr 7, 2015

Better weather has pushed planting progress forward in southern states, but corn planting is still well behind the 5-year average. In Mississippi only 4% of corn planting is completed compared to the 5-year average of 39%, according to ...

Tags: weather, Texas, Agriculture

Heavy Rains Keeps Farmers out of Fields and Delaying Corn Planting

Mar 24, 2015

Heavy rains in Southern states are keeping farmers out of fields and delaying corn planting. “I can sum up conditions in one word: wet,” says Matt Myers with Myers Agriculture Consulting in Clayton, Louisiana. “We ...

Tags: The USDA NASS, Sorghum, Agriculture

A Move Back to EL Nino May Not Happen Within The Next Calendar Year

Jan 23, 2015

The weather world's been talking for months about the prospect of the southern oscillation index tilting from La Nina to El Nino, a shift that normally signals more crop-friendly, mild and moisture-plentiful weather for the Midwest. But ...

Tags: sea-surface temperatures, Agriculture

It Is Always a Challenge to Anticipate The USDA's Quarterly Estimate of Corn Stocks

Dec 9, 2014

It is always a challenge to anticipate the USDA's quarterly estimate of corn stocks, but the estimate of the December 1 inventory, to be released on January 12, 2015, is a special challenge. Not only is there the usual uncertainty about the ...

Tags: corn stocks, Agriculture

Gary Adams Has Been Named The Next President of The Cotton Body

Nov 28, 2014

Working at the National Cotton Council of America since the last 12 years, Gary Adams has been named the next president of the cotton body. He takes over from Mark Lange, who retires in February, 2015 and will be officially anointed ...

Tags: cotton body, Cotton Council, Textile

The 2014 Corn and Soybean Crop Is Essentially in The Books

Nov 26, 2014

With the exception of just a handful of acres relative to the entire nation, the 2014 corn and soybean crop is essentially in the books. Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progress report shows 94% of the nation's corn crop and 97% of its soybeans ...

Tags: soybean crop, corn, Agriculture

USDA Reports Left Questions About The Magnitude of Planted and Harvested Acreage of Corn

Nov 18, 2014

Recent USDA reports have left some unresolved questions about the magnitude of planted and harvested acreage of corn and soybeans in 2014. The questions stem from the large differences between the planted acreage estimates from the National ...

Tags: Corn, Soybean

Corn and Soybean Harvest Have Both Caught up to The Normal Pace

Nov 12, 2014

Now that the end is in sight for most farmers -- and fortunately so on account of the Arctic blast of freezing temperatures and snow that have moved into the nation's center this week -- corn and soybean harvest have both caught up to the ...

Tags: Corn Harvest, Agriculture

Eighty-Three Percent of The Nation's Soybean Crop Has Been Harvested

Nov 5, 2014

About 2/3 of the nation's corn crop is out of the field, while farmers have caught up with the average pace with soybean harvest, according to Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progress report. Eighty-three percent of the nation's soybean crop has ...

Tags: Corn, Soybean Harvest

Corn Harvest Is Almost to The Halfway Point While Soybean Harvest Continues to Stain Pace

Oct 29, 2014

Corn harvest is almost to the halfway point in what some farmers are starting to say will be a "long fall," while soybean harvest continues to progress closer to the average pace, according to Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progres report. ...

Tags: Corn, Soybean

Corn Conditions Moved Slightly Higher While Soybean Conditions Dipped

Aug 26, 2014

Corn conditions moved slightly higher while soybean conditions dipped in the last week, the latter likely because of crop damage inflicted by warmer-than-normal temperatures in the last week. Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progress report shows ...

Tags: Corn, Soybeans, Agriculture

The U.S. Corn and Soybean Crops Are Developing at a Pace Ahead of Normal

Aug 18, 2014

The U.S. corn and soybean crops are developing at a pace ahead of normal despite the fact the last week's seen a slight dip in the condition of both as new forecasts hint at a continued shortage of rainfall in much of the Corn Belt through ...

Tags: Slip, Agriculture, Food

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