Tag: corn
You can’t always believe what you read
The upper northeastern corner of Ohio might have good crops, but the rest of the state is struggling.
Ohio crops improving, but still lag national average
Crop update: There are huge crops once you get out of Ohio and head west.
Ethanol plant capacity up for third consecutive year
Total capacity of U.S. ethanol plants increased by more than 500 million gallons per year in January 2016, compared with January 2015.
Grain markets sideways over lack of future weather concerns
Crop reports starting to reflect the poor conditions in the eastern Corn Belt, but not by much.
Multi-hybrid planting technology creates Brutus Buckeye in corn field
The image was made possible by prescription planting the field with two hybrids with different maturity dates.
Weather indicates big crop, mixed blessing
Grain farming is a mixed bag right now. It is hard to get everything we want, because they are in conflict.
Ask FSA Andy about reporting acres, safety on the farm
"It's all in the timing" and this year, with a planting season that has not been the friendliest, there seems to be a fair split between optimism and pessimism heading into another season.
Putting the ‘con’ in econometric
While American farmers and ranchers were eyeball-deep in spring planting and first-cutting hay, their commodity groups and federal government were knee-deep in narrowly-focused studies.
Grain market rally looking good, but reasons still unclear
The markets have made significant improvement, at least for now.
Ohio farmers making good planting progress
Farmers are making a lot of progress, at least locally.
