On March 8, he says an independent crop consultant brought in two baggies, one containing seeds and pods and one with parts of a dead soybean leaf. Experts say the recent confirmation of soybean rust in Iowa in 2006 should serve as a reminder that the fungus can happen in Iowa. While experts were able to confirm rust on the soybean leaves when they were dead, Tylka says it is more important to look for signs of the disease earlier. Soybean leaves show various amounts of soybean rust. If...

Crude oil prices held over $71 a barrel for a second day, while industrial metals prices and agriculture futures finished lower. The Agriculture Department reported 73 percent of the corn crop was in good-to-excellent condition at July 1, compared with 68 percent a year ago. Corn prices, which have been slipping since the USDA last week updated its estimates for the largest corn crop on record since 1944, fell to a level not seen since last autumn. In Chicago, corn and soybean futures...

As the market perceives a smaller crop is being raised, the market will be forced to rally to ration the projected ending stocks. High good to excellent crop ratings to end the month of May, has capped rally attempts this spring, however these crop ratings are beginning to decline with the crop stress in the eastern corn belt. The market has already anticipated a smaller seeded acres than 2006, however if producers planted more acres to corn than previously thought, prices could push even...

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The market is being supported by active fund and spec buying on the idea that prices need to stay high enough to attract acreage from Brazil and at least hold on to the US acreage. The market remains hyper-sensitive to weather developments, and traders will be monitoring the current rain system across the Corn Belt for confirmation of improving crop conditions ahead. A slowdown in demand from China due to poor crush margins and a weak basis in the US are factors which might pressure the...

The switch to Democratic control of Congress could lead to a bill this year that cuts back on the subsidies to agribusiness in favor of assisting vegetable and fruit growers. EVERY FIVE years Congress passes a farm bill that makes a gesture or two toward land conservation -- but mainly enriches large corporate producers of corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, and cotton. A new point raised against the crop subsidies is that they hold down the price of corn syrup, soybean oil, and other ingredients...

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Due to lower price realisation, Andhra Pradesh farmers who were also hit by severe rain, have shifted from turmeric to other crops like soybean and chillies. Farmers are expected to shift from sugarcane to other remunerative crops due to the drastic fall in sugar prices in the current season ending September. Record production this year at around 28-million tonnes and high carry-forward stocks for the next season is also a matter of concern for farmers, the report said. Infact, the early...

So, it s better to be cautious on the market in the short term. Most pundits were murmuring about an impending correction and resigned to waiting a few more months for the market to cross the magical 15K mark. Domestic investment is peaking and making way for higher consumption demand. But growth rates look sustainable over the long term. Parking zone KRISHNA KANT Simplex Projects, a Kolkata-based construction major, is coming out with an IPO of 30 lakh shares of face value of Rs 10 each....