Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:20PM CDT
Senators seeking to overhaul sugar policies argued in vain that food-processing and confectionary jobs are lost to Canada because of import restrictions and tariffs that protect a small number of domestic sugar growers.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 3:17PM CDT
More than half the states allow you keep your estate intact forever -- as in 500 or 1,000 years or more. But other methods may achieve the same goal without handcuffing your heirs.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 3:15PM CDT
Recent Grain Belt land surveys and appraisals show mixed results for farmland values. Most studies show appreciation slowing or even slightly negative in late 2012 and early 2013.
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog talking about some of the bullish signals being seen in July soybeans (April 20, "July Beans Still Bullish")...
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In a prior piece, we had noted that almost all of the top 21 corn and soybean producing states had seen a dramatic improvement in their Palmer Drought Sever...
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I actually said "70 percent" for corn planting this week on Monday morning. I was on a weather call with Michelle Rook, farm director at WNAX...
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U.S. spot ethanol prices rose in thin early afternoon trade, supported largely by federal data showing U.S. ethanol stockpiles fell to a fresh 2-1/2-year lo...
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CHAPIN, Ill. (DTN) -- Dean Werries monitored everything that mattered to him from his tractor cab last week. No less than eight monitors surrounded him, con...
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Anyone who's been around the cattle block more than once can tell you that when it comes to keeping the bullish faith, traders of June live cattle futures t...
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Brazil's top appeals court Thursday reiterated its ruling that Monsanto's patent on first-generation RoundUp Ready soybeans expired in September 2010 and th...
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released its Canada: Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday, which provides a first glimpse of Canada's supply...
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Corn futures are lower, soybeans higher, and wheat higher at 6 a.m. CDT.
Live and feeder contracts are set to begin moderately lower, pressured by follow-through selling and cash nervousness. Hog futures should also start out some lower as specs and commercials take profits in the wake of Wednesday's rally.