By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The next generation of farmers will foremost have to be good businessmen — “just being a good producer won’t be enough,” says Jeremy Jack....
By Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas
The estimated crop loss for the 2009 Arkansas harvest so far has risen to $309 million, not including lost wages of about $83 million due to decline in nearly 3,000 full- and part-time agriculture-related jobs, the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture said....
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Huge soybean crops in North America and South America could push world inventories higher and prices lower in 2010, according to a market analyst speaking at the CME Group press briefing on USDA’s Nov. 9 Crop Production Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates....
By David Bennett, Farm Press Editorial Staff
During the last week of October, with Arkansas set to lose many millions of dollars due to unprecedented, near season-long wet weather, Arkansas Farm Bureau analysts compiled a report on just how hard-hit the agricultural sector is....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weekly soybean export sales were above expectations. Soy oil sales were disappointing this past week. ...
By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A statistical picture of the impact of wet weather on Mid-South crops still has not come into focus, although USDA is acknowledging significant problems with a portion of the Mid-South cotton crop....
By Mary Hightower, U of A Division of Agriculture
A wetter-than-normal growing season has cut into Arkansas’ farm receipts by more than $224.8 million as of Nov. 1, according to a preliminary report issued by the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture....
By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...
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Nov 20, 2009 11:01 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
The World Trade Organization has authorized Brazil to seek retaliation against the United States for it support of two U.S. commodity programs....
Nov 20, 2009 10:53 AM
University of Missouri Extension is offering an eight-week online course on managing farm machinery using precision agriculture, Jan. 12 through March 4....
Nov 20, 2009 10:48 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weather problems are now thought to be factored into market prices. ...
Nov 19, 2009 3:57 PM, By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Ag Communications
Mississippi State University agricultural economists calculate Mississippi farmers are suffering an estimated $485 million value loss in 2009. ...
Nov 19, 2009 10:05 AM, By Hembree Brandon, Farm Press Editorial Staff
If the U.S. is to reach the government-mandated target of producing 36 billion gallons of biofuels annually by 2022, “We will need to change the way we do business,” says a USDA official....
Nov 19, 2009 10:00 AM, By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Providing a marketing outlook on a particular commodity involves much more these days than simply looking at supply and demand numbers, says Chuck Danehower, University of Tennessee Extension farm management specialist....
Nov 19, 2009 9:56 AM, By Liz Morrison, Corn and Soybean Digest
It was the drought of 1988 that got John Wilken thinking about the wisdom of draining his “liquid assets.”...
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