$5 corn & no ag subsidies?
Federal officials released a set of major ag outlook reports Monday, showing both where USDA officials anticipate crop sizes going in the next few years and how the Obama administration intends to delegate the ag sector's share of federal budget cuts.
USDA trims corn, ups wheat stocks
The big number traders were watching ahead of Thursday morning's USDA grain supply and demand reports -- Argentina's corn crop size -- came in at the low end of trading estimates, representing a potential bullish jolt for the grain trade Thurday and possib
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.