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2014 Farm Bill Voluntary Base Acre Reallocation – Cost Assessment Sep 27, 2022
Base acres are an early discussion topic for the next farm bill. Current base acres date to the 2014 farm bill. This farm bill gave farmers the option to keep […]
Oklahoma: Red River Crops Conference, Altus, Jan. 19-20 Jan 5, 2022
The ninth annual Red River Crops Conference: Planning for Success conference designed for producers in Southwest Oklahoma and the Texas Rolling Plains is set for Jan. 19-20 in the Jackson […]
Minnesota: 2021 Variety Crop Trial Results Available Now Dec 3, 2021
The Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) have published the 2021 Minnesota Field Crop Trials. Visit here to see variety trials for 10 different Minnesota […]
Why Have Commodity Prices All Spiked Significantly Higher? – DTN May 6, 2021
Let’s start by agreeing that $7 corn isn’t necessarily a great thing. It isn’t great for livestock feeders, it isn’t great for ethanol plants and it isn’t great for drivers […]
Have Farm Program Payments Affected the Distribution of Crop Acres? Jan 29, 2021
Different farm program payments across crops have been an on-going US farm policy issue, with the focus often on high per acre payments to cotton, peanuts, and rice. Coppess discusses […]
Texas: 2021 High Plains Budgets, Profitability Analyzer Available to Producers Jan 19, 2021
As producers begin planning for their new cropping season, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released the 2021 District 1 Texas Crop and Livestock Budgets and an updated 2021 High Plains Crop […]
WASDE Oilseeds: Lower U.S. Soybean Production, Higher Imports Jan 12, 2021
U.S. oilseed production for 2020/21 is estimated at 122.4 million tons, down 1.25 million from the previous report. Smaller soybean, peanut, and cottonseed crops are partly offset by an increase […]
DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends: Expect More Nitrogen Demand In 2021 Nov 18, 2020
Retail fertilizer prices continue to be generally mixed, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the second week of November 2020. The prices of five of the eight major fertilizers […]
A Farm Policy Dilemma: Base Acres, Planted Acres, and Ad Hoc Payments Sep 24, 2020
Farm safety net payments that mitigate low farm income can encourage more production and thus more payments. Since the 1996 farm bill, this fundamental farm safety net dilemma has been […]
Oil Crops: Domestic Soybean Crush Setting All-time High as Meal Use Gains Jul 23, 2020
USDA’s Acreage report last month indicated that the 2020/21 soybean acreage is 83.8 million acres, a 10-percent recovery from 2019/20. A slightly higher harvested acreage estimate raises USDA’s forecast of […]
