Tag: corn
Pork, soybean and corn leaders craft joint research agreement
Leaders of the National Pork Board, United Soybean Board and National Corn Growers Association have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate research that will benefit all three organizations.
Slow wheat planting supporting stronger grain prices
Problems in Kansas planting their hard red winter wheat is supporting both the Kansas City and Chicago wheat markets.
Bumper crop storage options
This year has produced some near-record yields for many corn growers, and temporary storage may be needed.
Western Corn Belt catching up
Plagued by rain, the western Corn Belt is finally catching up with harvest, and wheat planting.
Farmers making progress, but still fighting moisture
Farmers are finally seeing a break in the weather, but will it last long enough?
Better weather means harvest is rolling
Farmers needed the kind of weather we're having right now, and hopefully it will continue.
Yields are bountiful, but fields still wet
The yields are coming in good for those who have been able to get in the fields.
So long, fertilizer: This corn acquires its own nitrogen
Researchers have identified varieties of tropical corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, that can acquire a significant amount of the nitrogen they need from the air.
Early harvest means tough grain marketing decisions
Low prices make marketing decisions easy to defer, but the big, early crops mean most farmers will have some corn and soybeans that need to go to town.
Good weather means more poor prices
Favorable growing weather continues, putting downward pressure on prices.
