Crop Industry News
08 October 2014
US Macroeconomic Indicators for Cotton Supply ChainUS - A range of macroeconomic data releases suggest US economic growth will continue at a moderate pace. ...
07 October 2014
Allendale Expects USDA Will Lower AcreageANALYSIS - Analysts at Allendale Inc. expect to see USDA lower acreage in Friday's reports. ...
Editors Comment: What Role Will On-Farm Diagnostics Play in Agriculture?ANALYSIS - It’s beginning to feel an awful lot like fall here in the Midwest. And last week I got to see some beautiful fall leaves on my drive up to World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin,...
06 October 2014
Does China Really Impact the Global Grain Price?ANALYSIS - Does China really have a strong impact on the US and global commodity prices? No, says economist Kel Kelly. ...
03 October 2014
Endocrine Disruptors – Risk or Hazard?ANALYSIS - As the European Commission launched its consultation on endocrine disruptors as pesticides, crop protection industry experts spelt out concerns that a catch all hazard based approach...
02 October 2014
Is Politics Rather than Science Dictating Crop Protection?ANALYSIS - Too many regulations regarding chemicals and crop protection products are being made for short-term political expediency rather than being based on solid science....
01 October 2014
Is Growing GM Crops Good For the Livestock Sector?GLOBAL – Growing genetically engineered (GE) crops for animal agriculture is safe and very beneficial, according to a research review assessing the performance of over 100 billion animals....
29 September 2014
Resistance Management: Still Time to Walk Your FieldsANALYSIS - Now is the time to start planning your weed management program for next year, and there's still time before (or even during) harvest to walk your fields and determine which weed species...
26 September 2014
Allendale Inc. Sees Higher Corn, Lower Bean StocksUS - Allendale Inc estimates end of the marketing year corn, at 1.194 billion bushels, which is higher than USDA's September 11 estimate of 1.181....
25 September 2014
Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture Launched by President ObamaUS - From record droughts in Kansas to deadly wildfires in California, the United States is feeling the effects of climate change, writes Secretary of State John Kerry, Agriculture Secretary...
24 September 2014
Massey Ferguson Driven by Global OpportunitiesANALYSIS - Operating in 170 countries, Massey Ferguson is looking to emerging markets like Africa and the Middle East to offer their dependable equipment to farmers who have never used mechanized...
23 September 2014
Wyckoff's Weekly Grain Outlook: New Contract Lows in Grain MarketsANALYSIS - Markets were narrowly mixed in overnight trading. Corn, soybeans and wheat prices are hovering near their recent contract lows. ...
22 September 2014
McDonald's: Sustainability is Job #1, #2 and #3ANALYSIS - McDonald's sustainability efforts focus on verifiable sustainable coffee, fish, fiber, palm oil and beef with "beef being Priority Number One, Two and Three."...
19 September 2014
Can Farming Reverse its Ageing Trend?ANALYSIS – Agriculture is ageing and more must be done to draw young people into UK food production to meet growing national and world demand....
Market Analyst: Grain Pressure ContinuesANALYSIS - Grains are continuing to feel selling pressure from both currencies in the outside markets as well as the impending increase in supplies, reports Mike Zuzolo for Global Commodity Analytics....
18 September 2014
Export Customers Commit to Buy $2.3 Billion of US SoyUS - Buyers from China at the second-annual, soy-checkoff-funded US Global Trade Exchange have agreed to buy $2.3 billion of US soy totaling 176 million bushels of US soybeans, marking the second...
17 September 2014
NFU Outlines Priorities Ahead of 2015 General ElectionUK - A Government that understands farm businesses, wants agriculture to grow and has the policies that send the right signals to farmers, are the key messages in the NFU’s farming manifesto...
15 September 2014
Sudden Death Syndrome Hits Soybeans Across USANALYSIS - Due to high moisture levels throughout the Midwest this season, Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) has hit soybean fields not only in the Midwest, but "any place that soybeans are grown,"...
New Agriculture Commissioner Told to Simplify Greening and Direct PaymentsEU - Simplification of the direct payments in the Common Agricultural Policy and greening are two of the issues that have been put top of the list of priorities for the new European Commissioner...
12 September 2014
What Has Supported Corn, Soybean and Land Prices?ANALYSIS - Matt Roberts, agricultural economist at The Ohio State University, said global soybean demand from China has increased soybean acreage by 30 million acres, and US ethanol demand has...
11 September 2014
Market Analyst: Corn, Soybeans Hit Four-year LowANALYSIS - December corn and soy prices have made four-year lows this week as record harvests are expected, reports Mike Zuzolo for Global Commodity Analytics....
10 September 2014
Will Scotland's Independence Vote Impact Agriculture? ANALYSIS - Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond addressed international agricultural journalists at a conference in Scotland on Sunday evening saying, “There is a debate going on as part...
09 September 2014
Wyckoff's Weekly Grain Outlook: Record Corn, Soy Harvest LikelyANALYSIS - Grain market bears are still in full command at the start of the week, with a record corn and soybean harvest predicted, reports Jim Wyckoff for TheCropSite....
08 September 2014
What are Climate Change's Implications for Agriculture?ANALYSIS - The effects of climate change on crop and food production, which are already evident in several regions of the world, show that negative impacts are more common than positive ones....
05 September 2014
EU Outlines Measures Taken to Help Agriculture Sector Affected by Russian Import BanEU - In order to help agriculture and fishing businesses affects by Russia's import ban, the European Commission (EC) is now monitoring carefully the market prices for affected products in each...
Analyst: Fresh Contract Lows for Corn, Soybean MarketsANALYSIS - There's fresh contract lows for November and December corn and soybeans, according to Mike Zuzolo for Global Commodity Analytics....
04 September 2014
Allendale Crop Survey: Farmers Report Higher Corn, Soybean YieldsANALYSIS - The Allendale Inc. Nationwide Producer Yield Survey suggests a projected US corn crop of 14.409 billion bushels and a soybean crop of 3.884 billion bushels....
03 September 2014
Changing Diets Vital to Reducing Climate ChangeANALYSIS - If current trends continue food production alone will reach, if not exceed, the global targets for total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2050....
02 September 2014
Crop Residue Offers Sustainable, Global Solutions ANALYSIS - Farmers are finding that removing crop residue can improve their soil conditions and increase their yield, reports Sarah Mikesell live from the Farm Progress Show held in Boone, Iowa,...
01 September 2014
New Study Charts Global Invasion of Crop PestsGLOBAL - Many of the world's most important crop-producing countries will be fully saturated with pests by the middle of the century if current trends continue, according to a new study led by...
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