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USDA released its most recent Crop Progress report Monday, reporting for the first time this season which states had corn at the dented growth stage. Here’s a closer look at which 12 of the top 18 corn-producing states had dented corn. Texas. According to USDA’s most recent Crop Progress...

12 states report dented corn

December corn is down 1½¢ this morning. November soybeans are up 2¾¢. September wheat contracts are in the green. CBOT wheat is up 2¼¢. KC wheat is up 1¾¢. Minneapolis wheat is up 3½¢. This morning USDA released the weekly...

Soybeans up 2¢ this morning | Thursday, August 15, 2024

Minnesota State

Here's a closer look at how corn and soybeans in the state are progressing. The progress of Minnesota’s corn crop was behind historical averages in all 3 of the progress categories included in USDA’s most recent Crop Progress report. Silking progress has been behind compared to last year...

What’s going on with Minnesota’s corn and soybeans?

Indiana State

Corn production is expected to be down 1% from last year at 15.1 billion bushels while soybean production is forecast to be 10% higher than 2023 at a record high 4.59 billion bushels. Average corn yield is forecast at record high 183.1 bushels per acre, up 5.8 bushels from last...

USDA Forecasting Record Corn and Soybean Yields

December corn ended the day up 3½¢. November soybeans closed up 6¢. September wheat contracts closed mixed. CBOT wheat was up 6¢. KC wheat was down 1½¢. Minneapolis wheat was down a penny. "Monday’s bullish reversal remains supportive to corn prices as the market...

Corn and soybeans close higher | Wednesday, August 14, 2024

With the USDA cancelling its regularly scheduled July cattle inventory report due to budget cuts, a question that many would like to have answered is: How big is the U.S. cattle herd?. Fortunately, historical relationships between changes in prior and subsequent inventories and levels of cow slaughter in between or...

How big is the U.S. cattle herd?

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced loan interest rates for August 2024, which became effective Aug. 1, 2024. USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans provide important access to capital to help farmers start or expand their farming operation, purchase equipment and storage structures or meet cash flow needs.

USDA Announces August 2024 Lending Rates for Agricultural Producers

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Ida Grove, IA

In this episode, I have a chat with Brian Lundell, a farmer and hog producer in northwest Iowa. He and his wife, Lisa, restored the former pharmacy in the town of Ida Grove and turned it into a soda fountain and coffee shop. We talk about creating a gathering place,...

15 Minutes With a Farmer podcast: Have a soda with Brian Lundell

As news of large layoffs at ag equipment manufacturers make headlines and auction prices continue to soar, producers are hesitant to invest in new machinery. But is the current situation actually a good time to buy? On the latest Unscripted podcast, host Tyne Morgan brings in Greg Peterson (AKA Machinery Pete) to help unravel what’s happening.

Machinery Pete Sees a Surprising Opportunity in the Current Ag Equipment Market

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Pennsylvania State

Recent USDA Crop Progress reports have shown a noticeable drop in Pennsylvania’s corn crop condition. In the latest report published August 12, 55% of the crop is in Good/Excellent condition — down from 83% in Good/Excellent condition on July 29. In addition to the worsening conditions in the...

Pennsylvania corn suffers from dry July; recent downpours could have harvest benefits

There’s a dearth of dairy replacements in the countryside. Dairy farmers began to understand that market reality in September 2023. As a result, U.S. dairy producers have sent fewer cows to slaughter for 46 consecutive weeks dating back to September 3, 2023, in order to preserve dairy cow numbers.

Cull cows drop 397,000 head in 10 months

Vice President Kamala Harris will call for a federal ban on food and grocery price gouging on Friday. Within her first 100 days in office, the Democratic presidential candidate will push for the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price gouging” by food companies to prevent them from “unfairly jacking up prices on consumers,” her campaign said Wednesday. Harris also wants to provide the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and state attorneys general with the authority to impose stiff penalties on corporations that violate such a ban.

Kamala Harris's plan to lower your grocery bills includes a ban on corporate 'price gouging'

The manure spreader may be considered by some to be the lowliest of all farm implements. Yet, considering that it was one of the most frequently used implements on many farms and weighing the huge impact it exerted on reducing the back-breaking labor to spread manure across fields, enriching them. and boosting yields, the manure spreader deserves a prime position in the pantheon of farm machinery advances.

Celebrating the history of the manure spreader

WASDE August 2024 Wheat Outlook: Due to lower production, U.S. wheat supplies are projected to decrease, while global wheat supplies are expected to rise slightly despite reduced production in the EU and the U.S. WASDE Coarse Grains Outlook: U.S. corn production is forecasted to increase slightly, though global coarse grain...

WASDE August 2024 Estimates Highlights

Laurel Durkay, Morgan Stanley Investment Management head of global listed real assets, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the real estate investments trusts will benefit from a Fed cut as real estate securities hit a two-year high on Wednesday.

REITs historically outperform the market one year after a rate cut: Laurel Durkay

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New soybean yield record set at 218 bushels

Georgia soybean grower Alex Harrell has shattered the world record yield for soybeans with a bin busting 218.2856 bushel per acre (bpa) average. Not only has...

New soybean yield record set at 218 bushels

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