South American crop consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier has raised his estimate of Brazil's 2016-17 soybean crop by 1 MMT from last week to 101 MMT, noting that planting is running ahead of schedule and farm
USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility says in the Corn Belt, showers associated with a strong cold front are moving through the upper Midwest and Great Lakes Region. Meanwhile, warm, sunny weather is promoting fieldwork i
Hurricane Matthew approached the east coast of Florida as a category 4 hurricane, having many bracing for the impact during this last week, notes the National Drought Monitor. The eye of the storm mostly stayed offshore,
Market reaction Ahead of USDA's reports, corn futures were 1 to 2 cents higher, soybeans were 1 to 2 cents lower, wheat was narrowly mixed and cotton was 15 to 70 points higher. Prices have been choppy in post-
Corn Production Down Slightly from September Forecast Soybean Production Up 2 Percent Cotton Production Down Less Than 1 Percent Corn production is forecast at 15.1 billion bushels, up 11 percent from last year but
By Maria Beatriz Pilu Giraudo: Santa Fe, Argentina My father with a group of farmers worried about soils in Argentina stopped centuries of unintentional agricultural degradation by changing the way they farmed t
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has raised the odds that La Niña will develop this fall from last month to 70% and linger through the winter. It says while ENSO-neutral conditions were o
USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility says in the Corn Belt, frost and freeze warnings are in effect this morning across the upper Midwest. In fact, cooler, drier air is overspreading all of the Corn Belt in the wake of a
USDA's Joint Ag Weather Facility says in the Corn Belt, mostly dry, warm conditions are promoting seasonal fieldwork and winter wheat emergence. Despite localized dryness in the central Corn Belt, most Midwestern whe
