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Corn, Soybeans: How Do USDA Planted Acreage Revisions Compare to Prevented Plant Acreage? Apr 29, 2021
Several issues related to the March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings report have been examined in recent farmdoc daily articles. These include the historically large size of the market surprise for combined corn and […]
Dissecting USDA’s Prospective Plantings Report – DTN Apr 5, 2021
The end of March and end of June USDA reports have reputations for big price moves and volatility. We got some truly big price moves, but very little volatility on […]
Mississippi: Producers Lock in 2021 Planting Intentions Apr 1, 2021
Mississippi row crop growers are planning to plant more soybeans and corn in 2021 than they did last year but not as much cotton, rice or hay. The National Agricultural […]
Arkansas: Corn, Cotton, Soybean Markets Surge on Planting Intentions Apr 1, 2021
As world markets slowly unfurl from the global knot of the COVID-19 pandemic, futures markets for both soybean and corn responded in a powerfully positive manner Wednesday to the U.S. […]
Acreage Decisions Will Be Battle Royal – DTN Apr 1, 2021
Spring is here, and while farmers are itching to get into the field, market analysts are deep into their annual acreage guessing game. On Wednesday, USDA will release its survey-based […]
Arkansas: Rice Planned Acreage Increases, Falls Short of Analysts’ Expectations Apr 1, 2020
Arkansas growers intend to plant about 1.39 million acres of rice in 2020, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture report released Tuesday. The acreage is a rebound from 2019’s […]
Mississippi Cotton: Virus And Rain Force Hard Planting Decisions Mar 31, 2020
Weather always plays a role in the spring planting decisions of Mississippi row crop producers, but the market impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is another variable they will have […]
USDA Report: Corn Stocks Galore for 2 Reasons – DTN Apr 2, 2019
The stars for Friday’s USDA reports were clearly the Planting Intentions for 2019 corn and soybeans, with large corn stocks (as of March 1) getting the award for best supporting […]
Arkansas Rice: How Many Acres Will Be Planted in 2019? Jan 11, 2019
It’s time to get to work on the 2019 season already. As usual, it’s time to start considering where we might go in terms of rice acres for the year. […]
Farmers’ Sentiment Steady, Lack of a Farm Bill a Concern – Ag Barometer Dec 4, 2018
The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer November reading was 134, a decline of just over 1 percent from a month earlier when the barometer stood at 136. The November […]
