Soybean News
The latest soybean commodity market news and insights for soybean producers and agribusiness.
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Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
Get your day started with a brief rundown of key news.
COVID-19 outbreaks are increasing governments’ food-security concerns, and importers need U.S. corn and soybeans for the first time in a long time to meet demand.
Who slashes farmland acreage by three-quarters, jettisons a machinery fleet, and upends field practices, yet watches profits rise by 70 percent? Meet Del Ficke and a less-is-more farming approach.
With Mega Millions at a record-high of $1.6 billion there are loads of possibilities for things that can be bought in agriculture.
Does feeding whole soybeans to growing or finishing cattle make economic sense?
The full financial impacts of 2019 flooding may not be known for months.
What should have been good news for the grain and oilseed markets ended up having the opposite effect as we ended the week down, sharply down some cases says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
“The bottom line is that we ended an era and started a new one,” said Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group in Chicago, speaking on Farm Journal Radio with Pam Fretwell. “We’ve ended 10 years of zero interest rates. ... That rodeo is over.”
France will pay farmers to grow faba beans and other crops that can add protein to livestock rations as Europe’s largest beef producer seeks to cut its dependence on imported soybeans, where China’s rising demand threatens supply.
Rain and cold temps are expected to keep many farmers out of the field this week.
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The drought areas of Iowa increased by eight percentage points from last week.
Still reflects more than half of continuous U.S. covered by drought.
But a large drought footprint will remain in place across the western states.
Forecast raises concerns about planting delays.
This is expected to prolong Midwest planting delays.
Chip Flory and Brian Grete discuss the market’s price discovery process.
While drought improved in many areas, the Southern Plains saw slight expansion.
Texas moves backwards, with 12.88% of the state covered by exceptional drought.
Seasonal Drought Outlook calls for some drought improvement across areas of the Plains.
Normal precip expected across most of the Corn Belt.
Drought Monitor reflects 60.21% of the nation still covered by some form of drought.
Drier conditions expected in the western Corn Belt, while wet condition to continue in the eastern Belt.
But a majority of the country is still covered by some form of drought.
Seasonal Drought Outlook a broken record for Southern Plains.
Cooler-than-usual conditions to linger into month’s end.