As the campaign season heats up, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Missouri yesterday to spread the message and priorities outlined by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Echoing the same theme from the president’s speech of fighting for the middle class, Vilsack sought to portray actions by the [...]
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Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack Strikes Optimistic Tone
Posted in News, tagged Ag, farm, Farmers, USDA on January 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
USDA says Rural Development progress made
Posted in News, tagged Community, farm, Farming, Fiscal year, Growth, money, Rural, Taxes, USDA on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The head of the USDA Rural Development Office says the work they’re doing is having a positive impact on Rural America. Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager says the 2011 Rural Development Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Report shows they have invested almost $29 Billion dollars and “created or saved an estimated 440-thousand” jobs through the rural business cooperative, [...]
Corn Crop Still Forecast to be Fourth Largest on Record
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Corn, Crops, farm, Farming, NCGA, Progress, Reports, USDA on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Despite slightly lower corn harvest estimates for 2011, growers are still pulling in the fourth-largest U.S. corn crop ever to meet all needs for food, feed and fuel, the National Corn Growers Association said Wednesday upon release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly report on supply and demand. “Even in light of slightly lowered [...]
Corn, Soybean Harvests Stay Ahead of Average
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ag, Corn, Crops, farm, Farming, Soybeans, USDA, wheat on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
USDA reports the U.S. corn and soybean harvests remain behind last year but ahead of the five year average. As of Sunday, 87% of the corn crop is harvested, compared to 78% a week ago, 95% a year ago, and the five year average of 73%. 92% of soybeans are harvested, compared to 87% last [...]
Hot Topics in Ag
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Beef, Case IH, Corn, FFA, Soybeans, USDA, wheat on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
High Beef Prices to Continue: Dr Joe Glauber, chief economist with the US Department of Agriculture, told the Agricultural Science Association annual conference in Maynooth, Co Kildare, that the beef herd in the US has been declining and is at its lowest level in 57 years… Read More FFA Membership Reaches Record High: In the [...]
This Week in The Market
Posted in News, tagged Ag, analysis, farm, The market, USDA on September 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The USDA will put out there next Supply and Demand Report on Monday, Sept. 12. Choppy trading this week both in corn and soybeans. Yield reports continue to vary wildely, but a couple more private estimates are coming in very close to our 145 bu. figure. Report day is Monday, 9/12 and Informa came out [...]
This Week in the Market
Posted in News, tagged Acres, Ag, farm, Farming, Harvest, June, Market, Planting, Stocks, USDA on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The key news to report from this week would be the USDA report on Planted Acres and Quarterly Grain Stocks that came out Thursday, June 30. In June the USDA reported a decrease in planted corn acres by 1.5 million due to the late plantings and therefore a decrease on harvested acres by 1.9 million. [...]
Full Coverage of the June 30 Reports
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Bean, Corn, farm, Farming, Report, USDA, wheat on June 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 a.m., USDA will release its planted acreage report and quarterly stocks estimates. These reports will provide vital market information, as they will detail the actual amount of crop acres planted following the widespread planting delays earlier this year. Checck out Agweb.com for analysis, commentary, and more. For Previous [...]
Surprise? USDA Trims Corn Acreage Estimate
Posted in News, tagged Ag, Corn, Corn Crop, farm, Farming, News, Report, USDA on June 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Traders have expected the cold, wet spring in the eastern Corn Belt and northern Plains to cut into corn plantings, but seeing lower acreage in a USDA report still seemed to come as a surprise. “New-crop corn is the story,” says Ben Parks, risk management consultant at INTL FCStone, Kansas City. Corn plantings this year will [...]
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Posted in Weather Market Commentary, tagged farm, Farming, General, Income, Market Report, USDA, Weather on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Milk Prices Reach Record Highs: There will be a little more in the milk check for most dairy producers this month. The base milk prices for August production are mostly higher than July and substantially higher than a year ago… Read More Crop Conditions Continue to Decline; Pricing Remains Strong: This afternoon, USDA released its weekly [...]
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