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Prices for corn and soybeans, five years from now
Although challenges to planting the 2013 crop may provide some degree of support to corn and soybean prices, they have quickly faded from the 2012 highs and are threatening to diminish further from the highs that began in 2007.
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Narrow window for U.S. corn plantings next week
Drier weather by the weekend into early next week will boost U.S. corn plantings that have fallen to the slowest pace in nearly three decades, an agricultural meteorologist said on Friday.
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Spot cheese closes down Thursday on CME
We reached a point Thursday where the sellers recoiled a bit even though the news of the day is of sluggish cheese sales — particularly the barrel variety. Even in the face of recurring spot market declines, speculative and producer selling was light yesterday.
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Ag markets dipped ahead of the Friday morning USDA reports
The crop markets rallied Thursday as bearish traders covered short positions ahead of the monthly USDA WASDE and Crop Production reports due for release later this morning.
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Food stamps, not crop subsidies, highest hurdle for farm bill
Lawmakers are preparing for a second run at writing the new U.S. farm law that ended in a stalemate in 2012, and the biggest obstacle is not likely to be soil conservation or crop subsidies, but the billions spent mostly in cities and towns.
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Ag markets rally ahead of the Friday AM USDA reports
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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Vermont residents plug into ‘Cow Power’
A program offering renewable energy from Vermont’s dairies is now available throughout the state.
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iPhone and tablet apps for agriculture
Recently, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service hosted a workshop focused on apps for agriculture. In addition to providing an introduction to using iPads (everything from turning the device on) they provided hands-on demonstrations of numerous apps they have reviewed for use in agricultural settings.
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Grazing workshop to help livestock producers maximize pastures
Livestock producers can learn about incorporating management-intensive grazing programs on their farms at a Purdue Extension conference June 7-8 in southern Indiana.
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Dean Foods first-quarter profit jumps on Morningstar sale
Top U.S. dairy company Dean Foods Co , the maker of Meadow Gold milk and Silk soymilk, reported a better-than-expected first quarter, sending its shares up 2 percent, while asset sales sent its net profit soaring.
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NMPF welcomes Senate Agriculture Committee farm bill draft
Jerry Kozak, President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), released a statement in response a draft of the farm bill released on Thursday by the Senate Agriculture Committee.
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