Agriculture News
There were 401.26 million lbs. of beef in the nation’s freezers at the end of July, just a 256,000-MT decline from the end of June versus the five-year average increase of 23.6 million lbs. for the month.
Mark’s observations and comments from the final day of Crop Tour.
Get preliminary route reports from Crop Tour leaders as they make their way through Iowa and Minnesota on the final day of the tour.
The northwest Corn Belt has been particularly hard-hit.
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The 30- and 90-day forecast maps maintain concerns about drought-stressed crops in the northwest Corn Belt but they signal crops in the eastern Belt should have the moisture needed to finish strong.
Aggressive buying by China (much of which was known) powered the strong showing.
Crop Tour Day 3 results show strong corn yield prospects for southwest Iowa.
Surprise, surprise: Illinois Crop Tour numbers raise questions over outsized yield expectations.
Mark’s observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.
My observations and comments from Day 3 of Crop Tour.
Watch this live broadcast as Tour leaders and scouts comment on what they found on routes through Illinois and western Iowa, with results unveiled at 8:00 p.m. CT.