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Crisis could squeeze farm margins in way that Russia-Ukraine war did not: NDSU study
Improvements in drought ratings were significant in Illinois and Indiana
Semi-annual survey finds first blooms of optimism in three years.
A closure would have significant impact on beef production
No changes to U.S. carryout for corn, wheat or soybeans
Fertilizer prices were already elevated, but they’re now surging just weeks before spring planting. What can be done to ease costs in the short term as well as fix the problem for good?
No changes were made to the U.S. wheat and corn balance sheets, while a 5-million-bu. increase in soybean imports was offset by a 5-million-bu. increase in crush. Corn, soybean and cotton world ending stocks were each higher than respective pre-report estimates.
A wet, active weather pattern across the Eastern Corn Belt could delay early planting this spring. Meteorologist Matt Griffin says repeated rain events through March and April may keep fields too saturated for fieldwork east of Iowa.
South American corn and soybean production estimates will be closely watched