Wheat
USDA has designated 213 counties in Texas as disaster areas after one of the worst droughts in more than a century.
Senators urge “common-sense” approach to EPA regulations.
Program to have 31.2 million acres in it as of Oct. 1
Beans were down for the week, off new highs but closing lower than a week ago which gave us some technical signals. That’s important says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, here’s why.
With hay and forage prices where they are currently, planting annual forages into irrigated wheat stubble may be a good option this year.
Armyworms, which can strip pastures and hayfields bare as they march across the landscape, are showing up Missouri, near Joplin and eastward to Hermann and Montgomery City, says Wayne Bailey, MU entomologist.
Even after storms dumped many inches of snow in February, water shortages and dirt-dry pastures across the Great Plains are shrinking herds.
Winter wheat could still present good grain opportunities for farmers, experts say, but a lack of moisture has stressed pastures.
It appears that following 2006, we entered a new climate pattern, one with warmer and drier weather in the South.
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.
Temperatures seen 15 to 25 degrees below normal, NWS says.
Farmers from the mid-South to the Great Plains are counting their losses and making plans to replant after a tumultuous storm brought deadly flooding to double-digit snowfall.
The farm economy has been struggling for a while now, especially with weak cattle prices and disease issues in wheat.
Bullish fund holdings signal ‘change in sentiment’ for prices.
Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Warm weather is coming and that means cattle producers grazing wheat in the Southern Plains have a decision to make: should they stay or should they go?
Beneficial winter precip is falling on the Central & Southern Plains
Hungry cattle help researchers discover drought-resistant wheat variety
One would hardly know from Republican Sen. Pat Roberts’ campaign speech that he is revered as a champion of Kansas’ all-important farm economy.
Rain and cold temps are expected to keep many farmers out of the field this week.
But chilly conditions are currently in effect for the Southern Plains & Midwest.
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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.