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Some Thoughts On Smithfield, OIE and Planting Progress
2013-05-30 22:01:00| Beef
Smithfield Foods purchase by the Chinese once again indicates that foreign investors love the U.S. protein market. Meanwhile the U.S. is awarded the lowest BSE risk classification, hopefully opening the door to an improved export picture. And while USDA says corn planting has made some impressive progress, the focus now is on growing days. My View From The Country read more
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Crop Planting Progress Slows
2013-05-29 17:01:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle Continued waves of precipitation across a wide swath of corn-producing states in late May have slowed corn planting progress, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) weekly Crop Progress report. For the top 18 corn producers, crop progress as of May 26 was pegged at 86% compared to 71% the prior week and 99% or nearly completed at this time a year ago. The average completion for 2008-2012 was 90%. USDA reports corn emergence for the 18 states at 44% vs. 87% for last year and the five-year average of 61%. read more
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Focus Shifts to Soybean Planting Progress
2013-05-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The late start to the 2013 corn planting season has created concerns about the likely magnitude of planted acreage and likely yield potential, writes Darrel Good.
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While planting, what occupies your cab time?
2013-05-24 18:59:33| Corn & Soybean Digest
Farmers across the Corn Belt have been spending a lot of time in the tractor cab, making huge planting progress with corn, and knocking out soybean acres by the day. What do you do while in the cab? Strictly monitor the equipment and screens? Do you take advantage of social media? Read news and information on your smartphone or tablet? Or maybe you strictly focus on the land ahead because there's no auto-steer? Take the poll and let us know what occupies your cab time. Watching the "road" ahead; we don't have auto-steer. Monitor equipment and screens. Read ag information on my smartphone. Read ag information on my tablet. Social media on my smartphone or tablet. Answer polls on my favorite ag magazine website. Go to result page on submit: 0
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While planting, what occupies your cab time?
2013-05-24 18:59:33| Corn & Soybean Digest
Farmers across the Corn Belt have been spending a lot of time in the tractor cab, making huge planting progress with corn, and knocking out soybean acres by the day. What do you do while in the cab? Strictly monitor the equipment and screens? Do you take advantage of social media? Read news and information on your smartphone or tablet? Or maybe you strictly focus on the land ahead because there's no auto-steer? Take the poll and let us know what occupies your cab time. Watching the "road" ahead; we don't have auto-steer. Monitor equipment and screens. Read ag information on my smartphone. Read ag information on my tablet. Social media on my smartphone or tablet. Answer polls on my favorite ag magazine website. Go to result page on submit: 0
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