Agriculture News
Spring wheat ratings held steady, with just 11% of the crop rated “good” or “excellent.”
Tour leaders share preliminary comments and results from their routes through South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana and Ohio.
The July crush came in nearly 4 million bu. lighter than analysts anticipated, with soyoil stocks unexpectedly climbing for the month.
USDA made some notable upside revisions to last week’s inspections number for corn and wheat.
Corn futures are under mild pressure as soybeans and wheat firm. Cattle futures are mixed with lean hogs mostly higher on the open.
There’s only one way for the crops to win, and that’s with the safe and robust crop-protection products that help us keep this terrible weed in check.
Farmland values are soaring. Now the Federal Reserve Banks of Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City are putting numbers on the annual gains.
Because USDA no longer collects objective yield samples in August, this will be the industry’s first broad look at field data from across the Corn Belt.
While we’re scouting fields across the Corn Belt Aug. 16-19 on the Pro Farmer Crop Tour, you can scout your own fields.
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