Tag: soybeans
Planting report leads to market rally
Corn and soybean prices both reached new highs following the USDA plantings report.
Soybeans edge out corn in 2018 planting intentions
U.S. farmers expect to plant more soybeans than corn this spring, according to the USDA's Prospective Plantings report.
DuPont Pioneer, Bunge to contract high oleic beans
DuPont Pioneer announced that processor-paid premiums will be offered for Pioneer brand Plenish high oleic soybeans contracted for the 2018 growing season.
Soybean rally excites the markets
The markets are showing some signs of improvement, following bad weather in South America.
Improved soybean root traits = better yield
Findings from Penn State researchers have implications for plant breeders and improving crop productivity in nutrient-poor soils.
Weather changed, but the grain prices, not so much
Another week, and still no good reason to be bullish on these grain markets, says grain merchandiser Marlin Clark.
It’s official: 2017 corn yield set record
The 2017 corn yield in the U.S. is estimated at a record high 176.6 bushels per acre, according to the latest USDA report.
Pa. soybean growers top 100 bushels per acre in contest
Charles Farms, from Lancaster County, was the state's top producer in the 2017 Pennsylvania Soybean Yield Contest, with a yield of 107.17 bushels per acre.
Grain markets are looking for Mr. Good News
Our fearless grain commentator, Marlin Clark, is brutally honest this week: "I am looking for something to excite me in the market, and it just isn’t there."
U.S. biodiesel production increasing despite expiration of tax credit
Through the first nine months of 2017, U.S. biodiesel production levels were slightly higher than 2016 levels, despite the expiration of a federal biodiesel blender’s tax credit at the end of 2016.
