Mother Nature has the Midwest on a seesaw, and the ride is taking a cold turn this week after a weekend when warmer temperatures melted much of the snow on the ground from the previous weekend. Now expectations are for that ride to turn ...
Tags: seesaw, Weather Starter, Agriculture
The week's starting out a dry one -- and likely will end on that note, too -- though while some areas may see mounting concerns on this account, lower-than-normal temperatures will likely prevent the extended rain-free streak from ...
Tags: Corn Belt, Weather Starter, Food
After a week of what in spots felt more like March, the first full week of May will likely see a lot of planting and other fieldwork throughout the nation's center, allowing farmers a lot of catch-up time in what's started out as a virtual ...
Some rain fell in the parched Plains over the weekend, but it fell short of earlier expectations, while planters finally started rolling in earnest in the Midwest. However, more rain in that region this week -- though needed -- could keep ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, weather
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, ...