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Ag markets moved generally higher Thursday morning
The weekly USDA Export Sales report seemed rather bearish for corn futures, since both the new and old crop totals came in modestly below forecast ranges.
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Ag immigration provisions likely to avoid controversy
Agriculture provisions of comprehensive immigration legislation should come through upcoming Senate hearings intact, industry leaders say.
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Put to the test: Website ranks the best ag schools in the world
New university evaluations released by QS World University Rankings has produced a list of the top agriculture and forestry schools in the world with many U.S. schools ranking in the top 10.
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Drought marches to the West
Despite the drought showing signs of improvement over much of nation’s thirsty heartland, the latest Drought Monitor report shows signs of worsening further south and west.
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Purina Animal Nutrition launches Cool Cow app
Purina Animal Nutrition LLC has introduced the Cool Cow app for smart phones.
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Mexico-U.S. petroleum trade
Mexico is a net exporter of oil by the broadest measure that encompasses both crude oil and petroleum products.
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Exports: Corn sales plummet 65 percent
According to the USDA’s latest U.S. Export Sales report, corn net sales of 115,800 MT for 2012-2013 were down 65 percent from last week and 62 percent from the 4-week average.
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The price of eggs in China, and other important facts for ag
In addition to a myriad of foreign trade exchanges annually, educational exchanges, and a majority of Wal-Mart merchandise, China’s food consumption is rooted in US exports. And it would not hurt most farmers to know how eggs are priced in China
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U.S. corn plantings to gain traction at weekend
Drier weather in the U.S. Midwest this weekend and early next week will lead to a sharp boost in corn planting, which has fallen to the slowest pace in nearly three decades, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.
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Economist explores wealth effect in U.S. agriculture
Since 2009, wealth in the U.S. farm sector has surged along with booming farmland values. In the latest issue of the Main Street Economist, Omaha Branch Executive Jason Henderson and Nathan Kauffman, economist, explore the historical wealth effect in agriculture and what it could mean for farm debt and leverage if farm incomes fall dramatically.
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Weather report: Storms drench the Plains
In the West, snow is falling in parts of the central Rockies, while a few rain showers dot the Intermountain region. On the Plains, recent and ongoing thunderstorms have produced localized wind and hail damage in Kansas, Oklahoma, northern Texas, and southeastern Colorado. In the Corn Belt, cool weather is returning to the upper Midwest, while rain showers stretch from the Missouri to Lake Superior. In the South, showers and locally severe thunderstorms are overspreading parts of Arkansas and Missouri.
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