Crop Reports

Statistical data on crop growth used to gauge seeding, harvest, yield and price.

May 25, 2012

Article

USDA may alter crop reporting schedules due to trading hours changes

USDA officials are considering how or if to change the Department’s crop progress reporting schedule following expansion of trading hours by major commodity exchanges.   ...More
May 23, 2012

Article

Technology can increase farmers market sales 1

I thought this would be a great technology to help farmers who sell directly to consumers increase their sales....More
May 23, 2012

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Southwest Farm Press

Senate farm bill leaves protection gaps 1

If U.S. farmers believe commodity prices will stay strong for the next five years, the Senate’s farm bill proposal could be a good choice, say Texas AgriLife Extension economists....More
May 17, 2012

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Corn growers want public comment on extended trading hours

In a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the National Corn Growers Association has requested a 30-day public comment period before the grain traders are allowed 22-hour-per-day electronic trading of grain and oilseed futures contracts....More
May 16, 2012

Article

U.S., Colombia trade agreement officially implemented

On Tuesday, the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia was officially implemented....More
May 15, 2012

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Delta Farm Press

Record cotton stocks overwhelm market

It’s hard for the cotton market to ignore nearly 74 million bales of supply....More
May 14, 2012

Article

Corn market direction beginning to unfold

The USDA’s projections of U.S. and world corn and feed grain supply-and-demand conditions presented in the May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report set the benchmark by which the corn market will judge unfolding events....More
May 14, 2012

Article

Cotton market takes it on the chin 1

Dreadful supply/demand news hammered cotton prices May 10-11....More
May 11, 2012

Article

Commodity markets plea for more soybean acres

The latest report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that U.S. soybean supplies could be at their lowest level relative to use since 1965 following the 2012-2013 cropping year....More
May 11, 2012

Article

U.S. soybean supply expected to dip to historic low

There are going to be more soybeans grown across the United States this year, but that increase will be dwarfed by the amount of soybeans that will be used and exported....More