Tag: soybeans
Wet spring weather could cost Ohio farmers close to $1 billion
COLUMBUS -- Ohio farmers stand to lose close to $1 billion in income from late planting of corn and soybeans this spring. The estimates are based on the acres of each crop that farmers said in March they expected to plant, and on the lower yields expected because of the late planting.
The sun will come up tomorrow
Channeling Little Orphan Annie and Gone With the Wind to stay positive in this grain market.
Grain market guru says hold on for wild ride in grain...
The ag economist emphasized that anyone involved in the commodity market has to keep his attention on just about everything.
Purdue agronomist: Soybean farmers should be on lookout for green stem...
As Midwestern soybeans near maturity, a Purdue Extension agronomist says farmers should watch for green stem syndrome, a condition that can trick them into delaying harvest, possibly lowering yields.
ECO-Farming: It goes back to the root of it all,...
SALEM, Ohio — The next time planting season rolls around, consider not using any type of tillage on those fields. That’s what a group...
Worse crop conditions, better prices
It's a seller's market: Don't look back at $7 corn and $14 beans and wonder why you didn't sell those numbers going into harvest!
Ohio crops are late, but improving
The casual view from the windshield is of good crops. The reality is that we are very late, however, and that exposes us to less yield and fears of maturity. A frost scare the end of September would change things a lot.
Mesotrione controls weeds in corn, can carry over to soybeans
WEST LAYFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University weed scientist says farmers need to take precautions to prevent carryover of Mesotrione, an active ingredient in several corn herbicides, into the following year’s soybean crop.
Are higher corn and soybean prices the ‘new normal’ in the...
Have commodity prices reached a plateau yet?
Demand remains for non-genetically modified grain
Specialty millers prefer non-genetically modified grains for baked goods.
