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
Just in time for cooler temperatures and the onset of the holiday season, St. Louis based Crushed Red Urban Bake and Chop Shop has relaunched the Urban Harvest Pizza. "The Urban Harvest Pizza was a tremendously successful LTO we developed ...
As cooler-than-normal temperatures continue to keep crop stress at bay in the absence of measurable widespread rainfall in the Corn Belt over the last two weeks, Mother Nature's expected to add to the weather-based bearish pressure on the ...
Tags: Conditions, Agriculture, Food
The dominant weather trend in the Corn Belt -- cooler-than-normal temperatures -- have been a blessing in recent weeks, namely in how they're keeping absent rainfall from inflicting any crop damage. But, as the crop rounds the corner toward ...
Tags: Temps, Agriculture, Food
There's mounting evidence to support the idea that this spring might be a repeat of last year's cool, wet season that had some farmers planting corn and soybeans well into June. The last few days have seen about the best planting ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.25, up 1 cent Mar. soybeans closed at $12.80 and 1/2, down 36 cents Mar. soybean meal closed at $416.50, down $18.00 Mar. soybean oil closed at 38.10, up 36 points Mar. ...
Tags: Soybean, Joplin Regional Stockyards, Iowa/Minnesota, cattle trade
Temperatures across the northern tier of the country are bitterly cold once again as another Arctic front has plunged south from Canada. This front is currently progressing south and east through the southern Ohio Valley, with temperatures ...
Tags: Arctic, Moisture, Temperature, VHI
Temperatures across the country this morning are in the teens and 20s from Nebraska northward, with 30s, 40s, and even a few 50 degree readings across the Midwest. A weak cold front is currently crossing the Midwest, with the associated ...
Tags: Midwest, temperatures, climate
After pollination, peanut flowers form a peg that rapidly grows downward and buries itself in the soil. With about 120,000 to 125,000 acres harvested, and about average yields, this year's peanut crop is certainly much better than it has ...
Tags: Texas, average yields, peanut crop, peanut production in Texas
The recently launched STRATUS VEST is a highly versatile item of apparel. When combined with a weatherproof jacket, it maintains a high level of heat retention, and when worn on its own, the lightweight and hard-wearing AIRGRID 20D outer ...
Tags: Stratus Vest, Jack Wolfskin
This fall, Guess by Marciano introduces a vibrant women’s collection that captures the sophisticated essence of the Marciano brand. Pops of teal, electric blue, pink, and gold are worked into the color palette of the modern fall ...
Tags: Fall Collection, GUESS
Dick's Sporting Goods reported net income of $88.9 million for its fiscal second quarter ended Aug. 3, up 9.1 percent from the same period last year. Net sales rose 6.6 percent to $1.5 billion, while consolidated same-store sales decreased ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
BRF, a Brazil-based poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor, has inaugurated its R$58m ($25.67m) Innovation Center in Jundiai, Sao Paulo, as part of its strategy to double investments in research, development and innovation by ...
Coal-to-gas switching in the US could decline as much as 2.6 Bcf/d year-on-year in 2013 because of higher natural gas prices, increased renewables generation and forecast lighter cooling demand this summer, a report BNP Paribas issued late ...
Tags: Coal, gas, natural gas prices
Polypropylene (PP) is a common, commercial engineering plastic that is tough, flexible and can be manufactured via extrusion film casting (EFC). Most commercial PP is isotactic with all methyl groups orientated on the same side of the ...