Farmers were hoping for some precipitation over the weekend to give their crops a boost, and some fell, but not what farmers were wanting and needing. Some county farmers, he said, have already started harvesting this year's corn, "and several I've spoken to have their combines out, greased and fueled up ready to go," he said. The growing season for this year's corn and soybeans started out well, with timely planting and timely moisture. The appearance of the crops is evidence of that...

Farmers who like the idea think they're more likely to get payments this way in an era when the ethanol boom is keeping commodity prices relatively high. The savings to the government could be around $4 billion in three years. But the reason many senators like the program - and the reason it has a good chance of becoming law - is not because it will spend more money but because it spends less, at least on paper. A new subsidy plan included in the Senate version of the farm bill is designed...

In addition, new Pioneer seed and trait developments on the horizon include drought tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, a line of high-yielding soybeans and soybean varieties with higher levels of healthy oils. Following this in the pipeline are a new fungicide for cereals, a second-generation anthranilic diamide insecticide and two promising candidates for herbicides and fungicides. Some of the exciting products in discovery and development include new DuPont herbicides, fungicides and...

I thought their stadium design was incredibly strange with their team having to pass right by the opposing fans every game and that the seats were the most crowded, most uncomfortable I'd ever seen. Nelson 6'3" and fast as lighting makes a great target for Freeman 60 yards down the field, and BAYLOR has no chance. The futures market forecasts that the price of wheat will stay strong, but not at the level being seen now. At several Manhattan-area grain elevators today, the cash price for...

The change in soybeans was due mostly to a reduction in planted acres. Kansas Agricultural Statistics also released the final figures for this year's dismal wheat harvest, adjusting it down 1 percent from the August forecast and 3 percent below 2006. Kansas sunflowers, which are still blooming in many parts of the state, are expected to be far more plentiful than last year, with 278. The Wichita area is one region of the state not experiencing a good fall harvest, due to heavy rains...

It also is easier for farmers to integrate into their current operations than some other dedicated energy crops because it can be easily rotated with corn or soybeans, and can be planted, cultivated and harvested with the same equipment U. Early research results show that tropical maize, when grown in the Midwest, requires few crop inputs such as nitrogen fertilizer, chiefly because it does not produce any ears. This differs from conventional corn and other crops being grown for biofuels...

In other agriculture trading, corn added $3. November soybeans added 4 cents to move at $9. Soybean Prices Move Higher. said that Iran is supporting terrorism and urged foreign companies to cut off talks with the oil-producing nation. In other commodities, crude oil prices remained higher in U. On the economic front, consumer sentiment deteriorated in the month of October, according to a report released by Reuters and the University of Michigan on Friday, with the final reading of the...

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When you start looking at the sustainability of agriculture, commodity agriculture especially here, it s not viable to grow field crops like soybeans and cotton any more. At the end of each fiscal year, AgSouth s board of directors can retain the association s net income to strengthen its capital position or distribute some or all of its earnings to members. But as an agricultural credit cooperative, AgSouth is owned by the member-borrowers who purchase stock or borrow money. To have a...