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 13, 2009 10:54 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
Cotton futures broke out of a month-long trading range and surged to the highest level in over a year on Nov. 11 on spec trading. ...
Nov 11, 2009 10:33 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
Weekly soybean export sales were above expectations. Soy oil sales were disappointing this past week. ...
Nov 11, 2009 10:14 AM, From the LSU AgCenter
Louisiana’s agricultural and seafood industries will have a new marketing tool in early 2010 when MarketMaker, a national Internet-driven service, is inaugurated in the state, according to officials with the LSU AgCenter....
Nov 9, 2009 10:15 AM, By Elton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff
How could anything as benign as an anchovy change the structure of the cotton market?...
Nov 6, 2009 10:40 AM, By Ray Nabors, Heartland Ag Network
China reopened imports of pork from the United States, increasing domestic demand for soy meal and feed grain. ...
Nov 4, 2009 12:40 PM
Electronic trading of Minneapolis Grain Exchange futures and options reached 10,592 contracts yesterday, marking the second highest electronic trading volume in Exchange history....
News from the Farm BillFinal rule on country of origin labelingUSDA has announced details of the final regulation for the mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program required by the 2002 and 2008 farm bills. ... NCC: Congress did not make changes in actively-engaged rulesDespite claims by some lawmakers to the contrary, Congress did not mandate any changes in the “actively engaged” language in the new farm bill’s payment limit reforms, National Cotton Council leaders are saying.... MU Breimyer Seminar unpacks farm bill, Sept. 3Farmers must make a choice on government program participation before the next crop year. ... |
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