Tag: corn news
Moving Grain: White House Launches Initiatives To Combat Fuel Prices Oct 29, 2022
White House Launches Initiatives To Combat Fuel Prices For the week ending October 24, the U.S average diesel fuel price continued to rise for the third week in a row. […]
Mississippi: Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program Yield Summaries Available Oct 24, 2022
Selecting well-adapted and superior corn hybrids is critical to the success and profitability of your farm. Accordingly, Mississippi State goes to great lengths to evaluate, assess and analyze corn hybrid […]
Iowa Corn: Is It Time for Fall Nitrogen Yet? Oct 23, 2022
The time for fall application of anhydrous ammonia and manure is approaching, but we may not be there yet. This blog has a few things to keep in mind this […]
Iowa Corn: Options for Fall Grain Drying and Marketing Oct 23, 2022
With harvest in full swing and while conditions have generally been good for in-field drying this fall there are still some corn fields in areas of the state with moisture […]
Moving Grain: Barge Spot Rates Drop Sharply Oct 22, 2022
Barge Spot Rates Drop Sharply, Despite Ongoing River Challenges For the week of October 18, the St. Louis barge spot rate (GTR table 9) fell precipitously to $72.58 per ton […]
Louisiana: After Challenging Growing Season, Farmers Now Face Disappointment at Harvest Oct 22, 2022
To say 2022 has been a challenging year for Louisiana farmers would be an understatement. Back in the spring, as farmers prepared to plant their fields, they knew they would […]
Rob-See-Co Announces Acquisition of Federal Hybrids Oct 20, 2022
Rob-See-Co, an independent seed company located in Elkhorn, Neb. acquired Federal Hybrids, an Iowa-based seed company. This acquisition positions Rob-See-Co as the 14th largest corn seed company in the United States. […]
Ag Trade: Soybean, Corn Exports Lagging; Black Sea Export Discussions Continue Oct 19, 2022
Bloomberg writers Michael Hirtzer and Diego Lasarte reported yesterday that, “Drought has again closed a portion of the Mississippi River — and this time shrunk a part of the major US waterway […]
Oct. WASDE Recap: Corn and Soybeans at a Turning Point Oct 19, 2022
On Wednesday, October 12, the USDA released its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE. The WASDE report provides an updated point of reference for agricultural commodity price […]
Ohio Corn: Watch for Potential Frost Damage to Non-Mature Crops Oct 19, 2022
In Ohio, October usually brings our first fall freeze. On October 11, USDA reported that 15% of Ohio’s corn grain had been harvested (week ending 10/09/2022, full report here). In the same […]