Markets
Corn planting advances ahead of another Midwest deluge
Farmers continue to struggle to finish corn planting, epitomizing what has been a season already plagued with excessive rain, snow and cold.
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Oil prices rise on weaker dollar, North Sea outage
Brent crude oil futures rose on Monday, supported by a weak dollar and a supply outage in North Sea crude oil.
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Ag markets diverged widely to start trading this week
Corn futures began the week strongly in response to persistent concerns about excessive moisture and farmer difficulties in getting the last of the 2013 crop planted.
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Ag markets quite mixed Monday morning
Corn futures began the week strongly in response to persistent concerns about excessive moisture and farmer difficulties in getting the last of the 2013 crop planted.
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What should you do about N: Apply more or hope you have enough?
Getting your planting completed has been your top priority this spring, and your number one headache.
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U.S. farmers race to wrap up crop plantings between rains
Occasional showers over the next 10 days will continue to slow corn and soybean plantings in the U.S., threatening to trim acreage and yields, an agricultural meteorologist said on Monday.
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Oil bounces back from $100 on North Sea outage
Brent crude oil dipped briefly on Monday below $100 a barrel for the first time in a month on demand worries after Chinese factory data pointed to slowing momentum in the world's second-biggest oil consumer.
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Ag markets generally ended the week strongly
Weather news apparently retook center stage in the grain and soy complexes late this week. For example, concerns that forecast rains over Corn Belt fields that are already too wet for planting boosted deferred corn futures Friday.
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Oil prices drop sharply, equities and supply weigh
Oil prices fell sharply on both sides of the Atlantic late on Friday, pulled down by declines in major U.S. equity indices, large supplies, a weak demand outlook, and by technical selling that developed when support levels were pierced.
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Ag markets generally mixed Friday morning.
Weather news has apparently retaken center stage in the grain and soy complexes at this point.
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Exports: Corn sales slip again
Corn net sales continued to drop this week, dipping 18 percent to 85,700 MT for 2012-2013, according to the USDA’s Export Sales report. This is also 56 percent below the four-week average and the 10-week low.
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- Global food: waste not, want not
- Heat stress in dairy calves
- AFBF president issues statement on U.S.-EU trade negotiations
- Buckle your seatbelt for the House consideration of the farm bill
- Study: Federal milk marketing order would help Calif. producers
- Ag markets were generally mixed overnight trading
