Agriculture News
Chip Flory and Jim Wiesemeyer discuss the infrastructure bill and other policy matters pertinent to agriculture.
Temperatures dipped below freezing over Memorial Day weekend in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains, raising questions about slowed development and the possibility some replanting will be needed.
Andrey Sizov, head of SovEcon, says, “Spring weather conditions were favorable for the new winter wheat crop. However, there is a big question mark over the spring wheat crop now.”
Harvest of China’s winter wheat crop got underway this month, which along with Chinese changes in recommended feed mixes could cool Chinese buying of corn near-term.
“Reports indicate much of this week’s heavy rains was immediately absorbed by the severely dry soils, with no runoff into empty dugouts or ponds,” according to today’s Drought Monitor Summary.
Our Market Watch table features monthly and quarterly price outlooks along with weekly prices for a variety of ag markets.
China bought a total of 5.812 MMT of corn the week ending May 20, with 5.644 MMT of those purchases being new-crop.
Argentine port workers launched another 48-hour strike at midnight as they continue to push to be designated essential workers so they can receive Covid-19 vaccines.
FSA will invest $10 million to measure and monitor the soil carbon sequestration and other climate and environmental benefits of conservation practices over the life of CRP contracts
The all-items consumer price index climbed 0.8% from March to April, with the gauge of economy-wide inflation now up 4.2% from year-ago levels, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service.