As with corn, current weather patterns have helped improve soybean prices as well as news of China again re-entering the market to purchase U.S. soybeans.
Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of reports and updated numbers coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unfortunately for durum, there has been little, if any, market reaction. As a result, prices have remained the same as they’ve been the past several weeks, even as o…
Sunflower acreage for oil-type sunflower is higher this year in North Dakota and South Dakota, according to USDA’s planted acreage report that was released at the end of June.
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
Hot, dry weather has taken over the lead in providing direction to the wheat market, as well as the corn and soybean markets. As a result, prices have been moving up and down, depending on the trade’s perception of yield impact.
Summer is when weather is perhaps the most important factor in giving direction to grain markets, and as hot, dry weather swept across much of the Northern Plains in mid-July, it provided a nice boost to corn prices.
Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.
Farmer sentiment dropped again in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined from 119 points in May to 113 points.
Mother Nature is imposing changing and challenging Midwest conditions this growing season.
All farmers know weather is unpredictable. Most just hope to avoid disaster.
Native warm-season grasses can benefit pastures, especially during the hot summer months. University of Missouri Extension Agronomist Valerie Tate said they can complement cool-season grasses.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — There is nothing quite like the pure bliss of biting into a crisp slice of ice-cold watermelon on a sweltering July day.
Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.
Farmer sentiment dropped again in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined from 119 points in May to 113 points.
Mother Nature is imposing changing and challenging Midwest conditions this growing season.
All farmers know weather is unpredictable. Most just hope to avoid disaster.
Native warm-season grasses can benefit pastures, especially during the hot summer months. University of Missouri Extension Agronomist Valerie Tate said they can complement cool-season grasses.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — There is nothing quite like the pure bliss of biting into a crisp slice of ice-cold watermelon on a sweltering July day.
Some Americans wrongly think we’re better, smarter or even more sophisticated than citizens of other nations.
Farmer sentiment dropped again in June as the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Index declined from 119 points in May to 113 points.
Mother Nature is imposing changing and challenging Midwest conditions this growing season.
All farmers know weather is unpredictable. Most just hope to avoid disaster.
Native warm-season grasses can benefit pastures, especially during the hot summer months. University of Missouri Extension Agronomist Valerie Tate said they can complement cool-season grasses.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — There is nothing quite like the pure bliss of biting into a crisp slice of ice-cold watermelon on a sweltering July day.
Grüezi (or greetings) again from Switzerland! I have moved to a new host family, the Marti family, in Jens, a small village of about 600 residents in the Canton of Bern.
Wheat harvest is done, but the field will be harvested again this fall because a crop of soybeans is growing in the stubble.
For producers, federal conservation programs are complex compared to straightforward transactions with equipment or seed vendors. Enrolling in a three-to-five-year federal contract requires extensive data logging, compliance reporting and strict implementation guidelines.
Think you don't need healthy soil because you've got a pivot? Think again.
Farmers from across the country are urging the federal government to expedite an investigation of the fertilizer industry as they struggle with “impossibly high input costs.”
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
Over the past few weeks there have been a lot of reports and updated numbers coming out of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Unfortunately for durum, there has been little, if any, market reaction. As a result, prices have remained the same as they’ve been the past several weeks, even as o…
Sunflower acreage for oil-type sunflower is higher this year in North Dakota and South Dakota, according to USDA’s planted acreage report that was released at the end of June.
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
Hot, dry weather has taken over the lead in providing direction to the wheat market, as well as the corn and soybean markets. As a result, prices have been moving up and down, depending on the trade’s perception of yield impact.
Summer is when weather is perhaps the most important factor in giving direction to grain markets, and as hot, dry weather swept across much of the Northern Plains in mid-July, it provided a nice boost to corn prices.
According to family history, Adam Kuntz first arrived in Custer, Mont., around 1926. A World War I veteran and son of Russian immigrants, Adam left North Dakota on the hunt for better opportunity, which he ultimately found in the nutrient-rich soil of the Yellowstone River Valley. He settled…
Agricultural economist David Widmar opened his presentation at the South Dakota Governor's Ag Summit with a story that had little to do with commodity markets.
Friends, the recipe box is getting empty! But you can help fix that problem—and be eligible to win a prize while you're at it.
For producers, federal conservation programs are complex compared to straightforward transactions with equipment or seed vendors. Enrolling in a three-to-five-year federal contract requires extensive data logging, compliance reporting and strict implementation guidelines.
Farmers from across the country are urging the federal government to expedite an investigation of the fertilizer industry as they struggle with “impossibly high input costs.”
Nebraska Extension trials test agronomic, economic possibility of dry peas in eastern Nebraska
As farmers face tightening margins, rising input costs, and ongoing market uncertainty, a new seminar at this year’s Farmfest will deliver practical tools to help producers strengthen their operations and plan ahead.
There was once a deeply troubled church that could not keep any pastor for more than a year or two. Eight pastors had come and gone in 11 years, all of them at the request of the congregation after controversy with one of the longtime leaders. The church blamed the bishop for sending them in…
Visiting an American-chestnut tree can still be a celebration even though it’s not what it would have been 125 years ago. After reading the American Chestnut Foundation’s book “Mighty Giants: An American Anthology” one could daydream what it might have been like in 1901. That was just prior …
