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13 Dec 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst As we crank out the final few weeks of 2016, you might think that U.S. soybean producers would be smiling this year after achieving a record national yield of 52.5 bushels an acre and watching spot futures prices increase 19% from the end of 2015. Compared to a 2% drop in spot corn and 15% drop in Chicago wheat, soybean ...
13 Dec 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor As Matt Palmer looks around Arizona's Gila Valley, he sees it through the eyes of family and farming. Others see the mountain-ringed river basin as a picturesque area ripe for development. Two very different perceptions, they create competition for acres and make it more challenging by the year ...
12 Dec 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The market continues to tell the farmers to store their corn for now, which is apparent in the current futures carry we are seeing. As of midday, Dec. 9, the carry from the March futures to December 2017 futures was running about 7 cents per month. Farmers add up their carrying costs which include interest, i...
12 Dec 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. AN OLD COB WITH NEW ANSWERS What does a 5,310-year-old cob of ancient maize have in common with a modern corn hybrid? Genetic tinkering by humans, for one thing. By sequencing the geno...
9 Dec 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Soybean aphids are sneaky. Attacks seem to come out of nowhere, and recently, the pest has also shown an increasing ability to withstand insecticidal controls. That's why entomologists such as University of Minnesota's Bob Koch are encouraging growers to consider the sap-sucking insects ...