S.A. drought seen trimming corn supplies
A government report Thursday will highlight the impact of drought on corn and soybean crops in South America, and to what extent U.S. exports could increase as a result.
Is your fall-applied nitrogen escaping?
Unseasonably warm, dry weather this winter could mean last fall's efficiency in the field could come back to bite those farmers who got everything done.
Arctic blast pounding Russian wheat
Arctic air is slamming much of the wheat-growing areas of Ukraine and central Russia, and the spots where there's not quite enough snow cover to insulate the region's winter wheat and barley are starting to suffer from winterkill.
Crunching the crop rotation numbers
Based on crop budgets for central Illinois, one economist says per-acre returns are within about $40 between a corn-soybean rotation, corn-corn-soybean rotation and continuous corn.
Agronomy roundup
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Rainfall chances improving down south
There's reason to believe that the dryness that's dominated southern Brazil and Argentina's crop weather over recent weeks could be on the way out, at least temporarily, one forecaster says.
Brazil rainfall chances growing
It was dry in the main Argentine growing areas the past 24 hours, and dry weather returned to most of the growing areas of eastern Paraguay and also the far southern bean areas of Brazil.
Volatility paces long-term weather outlook
The chances of a repeat of 2011 crop weather in the Corn Belt's likely this year, and if that happens, it could be a lot harder on crop yields.