August weather altered corn, soybean market outlook
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Southeast Farm Press) - The average U.S. corn yield came in below trend value for three consecutive years from 2010 Full Story
Category: Grains, Miscellaneous, Oilseeds
(Southeast Farm Press) - The average U.S. corn yield came in below trend value for three consecutive years from 2010 Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Soybeans fell after their biggest rally in a week as a report showed crops in the U.S., the biggest producer, had not worsened as much as some analysts expected after hot, dry weather. Full Story
(BusinessWeek) - Soybeans jumped the most in a week in Chicago amid concern a lack of rain in parts of the U.S. Full Story
(Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell for the third time in four days as the Malaysian currency strengthened, lowering the appeal Full Story
(Reuters) - Argentine farmers expect China to soon approve their one remaining variety of genetically modified corn yet Full Story
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(IngredientNew.com) - The Corn & Soy annual crop tour, held by Doane’s Agricultural Reports, just wrapped Full Story
(Businessweek) - High heat and little rain during the past week led to an unusual, quick expansion of drought conditions in Iowa and Illinois, damaging crops in the biggest U.S. corn- and soybean-growing states. About 25 percent of Iowa had a moderate drought on Aug. 27, up from 7.9 percent a week earlier, while Illinois jumped to 20 percent from none, the U.S. Drought Monitor said yesterday in a report. Full Story
(Businessweek) - A glut of corn has damped interest by biofuel makers in a U.S. government program to sell surplus sugar for ethanol, potentially decreasing its effectiveness in propping up sugar prices.
With the U.S. harvest of corn, the nation’s biggest crop and the source of most of its ethanol, expected to set a record this year Full Story
(Reuters) - Researchers in the key corn-growing state of Illinois are finding significant damage from rootworms in farm Full Story
(Businessweek) - Soybeans and corn climbed for the third time in four days as hot, dry weather in the Midwest Full Story