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Extension Specialists: Spray Fungicide on Corn
2013-07-19 23:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: Farmgate blog No guilt trip from Extension specialists on spraying fungicide on corn, but they do recommend scouting for disease presence. Farmers who spray fungicide on corn just as a precaution, dont have to worry this year about Extension specialists applying a guilt trip to them. Plant pathologists from several Corn Belt universities are suggesting fungicide applications on corn and others are recommending it. But farmers who apply a fungicide are doing it because there is more of a threat this year, than just doing it because it might boost the yield. read more
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Jim Wyckoff's Wednesday Closing CME Grains: Rain Forecast Spooks Corn Bulls
2013-07-18 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - December corn futures closed down 8 3/4 cents at $5.02 Wednesday. Prices closed near the session low, writes Jim Wyckoff, grain analyst.
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Returns, Cash Rents at $4.80 Corn Price, $10.75 Soybean Price
2013-07-17 22:58:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois farmdocDaily The USDA recently updated its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), with the midpoints of 2013-2014 estimates being $4.80/bu. for corn prices and $10.75 for soybean prices. These prices are significantly below prices in recent years, suggesting that agricultural returns may be lower in 2013 and 2014. These lower returns then may lead to the need to re-evaluate cash rents. read more
Corn, Soybean Production and Yield Prospects Affecting Prices
2013-07-17 19:01:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: University of Illinois Corn prices and soybean prices and markets continue to reflect uncertainty about the potential size of the 2013 U.S. corn and soybean crops. Over the past month, December 2013 corn futures have traded in an 80 range, and November 2013 soybean futures have traded in a $1 range as production expectations shifted up and down. Uncertainty about both acreage and yield prospects has contributed to the relatively wide trading range, according to University of Illinois Agricultural Economist Darrel Good. read more
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Corn & Soybean Prices: Why Big Players are Concerned About the Second Half of 2013
2013-07-16 23:05:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Producers and traders are becoming more deeply concerned about falling corn and soybean prices in the third and fourth quarter read more
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