Hello? Soybean Hotline Offers Michigan Growers Crop, Pest Updates

Apr 29, 2009 11:41 AM | Source: Michigan State University

Michigan soybean growers can access timely crop- and pest-management information throughout the growing season via the Michigan Soybean Hotline, a toll-free phone service sponsored by Michigan State University (MSU) Extension and the Michigan Soybean Checkoff Program. ... More

Row crop production on its way to normalcy, Purdue economist says

Apr 1, 2009 4:34 PM

Corn Planting Tops Halfway Point

May 13, 2008 5:40 PM

U.S. corn planting surpassed the halfway market last week as drier weather conditions allowed strong planting progress across most of the main Corn Belt, but cool weather limited crop emergence... More

Winter Wheat Crop Tour Kicks Off

May 6, 2008 10:02 AM

The annual winter wheat crop tour organized by the Wheat Quality Council kicks off on Monday and will wind its way across Kansas, wrapping up on Thursday... More

Seven Reasons Businesses Fail

Jul 3, 2007 10:30 AM

Steve Abercrombie is a lecturer at the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking who teaches a course on Advisory Banking. The following are Steve’s thoughts on why businesses fail based upon the many thousands of businesses he and his firm work with annually... More

Market News

Feb 27, 2007 5:08 PM | Richard Brock

Mexico Seeks To Boost Corn Output
Mexico’s government has announced detailed plans for increasing total national corn production by 43% to 30 million metric tons in order to... More

Why Use Independent Contractors?

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Moe Russell

In monitoring the top guns in production agriculture, it's been my observation they are so good they can get all the money they need, all the land they... More

Long-Term Relationships Maximize Bottom Lines

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Moe Russell

While wholesale prices for many fertilizers have decreased sharply since the highs established last summer, local retail prices have not necessarily followed.... More

Trade Sees Larger Corn, Soy Crops

Sep 11, 2007 2:26 PM | By Richard Brock

The grain trade expects USDA to report larger U.S. corn and soybean crops when it releases its second survey estimate of 2007 production on Wednesday morning... More

U.S. Ag Trade Update – State Exports

Jul 3, 2007 11:01 AM | Source: USDA-ERS

U.S. agricultural exports reached a record in fiscal 2006 at $68.7 billion, some $6.2 billion higher than the record set in fiscal 2005. California, Iowa, Texas and Illinois continued their reign as top exporting states... More

Don’t Forget Last Year’s Crop

Apr 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset

Spring is sprung. So why am I thinking about last year's crop that crop you augured into your bin last fall when corn was worth about $3.50 and soybeans... More

Courage Calls, Or Puts?

Mar 1, 2009 12:00 PM | By Ed Usset

What is the best pricing tool to take advantage of preharvest pricing opportunities? Your choices fall into two categories: fixed-price tools and options-based... More