Markets

USDA may alter crop reporting schedules due to trading hours changes

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:00 +0000

From the National Association of Wheat Growers

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.   

Technology can increase farmers market sales

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:23:00 +0000

By Eddie McGriff, Extension Agent, Coffee County, Ga.

I thought this would be a great technology to help farmers who sell directly to consumers increase their sales.

Senate farm bill leaves protection gaps

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:05:00 +0000

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.

Corn growers want public comment on extended trading hours

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:22:00 +0000

From the National Corn Growers Association

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.

U.S., Colombia trade agreement officially implemented

Wed, 16 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000

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

Record cotton stocks overwhelm market

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:42:00 +0000

It’s hard for the cotton market to ignore nearly 74 million bales of supply.

Corn market direction beginning to unfold

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:43:00 +0000

By Debra Levey Larson, University of Illinois

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.

Cotton market takes it on the chin

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:13:00 +0000

USDA report, recent rainfall big factors

By Don Shurley, University of Georgia

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

Commodity markets plea for more soybean acres

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:17:00 +0000

By Jennifer Stewart, Purdue University

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.

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

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:09:00 +0000

From the American Farm Bureau Federation

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.