Tag: soybeans
Repair or replace? Soybean board examines options for aging U.S. locks...
ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. shipping industry received a reminder of how much a lock closure can cost when Lock 27 on the Mississippi...
Seasonal grain market slump continues
There are a lot of reasons grain markets have traded lower. Some are valid, some are the kind of reasons analysts give when they have to give reasons, says grain trader Marlin Clark.
Genetics makes soybeans resistant to disease
MADISON, Wis. -- Scientists have identified three neighboring genes that make soybeans resistant to the most damaging disease of soybean.
The genes exist side-by-side on...
Isolated rainfall has big impact on region’s corn and soybean yields
The consensus in Ohio and Pennsylvania is that grain crop yields may be down, but it could have been a lot worse when to compared to other Midwestern states.
Monsanto ends year with net income of $2 billion
Fueled by corn and soybean seeds and traits, net Monsanto sales for the full fiscal year were $13.5 billion, a 14 percent increase over fiscal year 2011. Net income for FY12 was $2 billion.
Drought 2012: Dry weather, hot grain markets hang on
The drought weather market of 2012 has continued, with emphasis shifting back to soybeans once again. Last week, we made new highs in corn,...
Grain markets: There’s no romance when flirting with the high
How bad is the current drought situation down on the farm? Things are so bad that analysts are now talking about 1956 instead of 1988.
A rally that weather has not stopped
Marlin Clark talks about how the weather is changing the crop market. He also discusses the drought of 1988.
Early arrival of twospotted spider mites could damage Ohio soybean crops
WOOSTER, Ohio -- The early and prolonged period of dry, hot days Ohio has experienced so far this spring is causing an early appearance...
Farmers, say hello to the weather market
Put this week in your diary as the one that determines if we make a weather market run back up on grain prices, or continue the weekend downturn into new lows. Rain will be the reason.
