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Betsy.freese@meredith.com - AGCOM - Sun Apr 05, 5:34PM CDT
Photo credit: Getty Images Byline: Successful Farming Staff The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories has confirmed SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that... (full story)
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 Michael Seery - InsideFutures.com - Sun Apr 05, 10:44AM CDT
Keeping a close eye (full story)
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 Michael Seery - InsideFutures.com - Sun Apr 05, 10:43AM CDT
Retail the problem (full story)
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 Michael Seery - InsideFutures.com - Sun Apr 05, 10:42AM CDT
Bad news (full story)
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AGWEB - Sun Apr 05, 7:00AM CDT
By Mel Poulton: Tararua District, New Zealand A global pandemic, something never experienced in our lifetime. It’s times like this, where people and nations realise just how interdependent we all are. ... (full story)
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USDA - Sun Apr 05, 1:42AM CDT
Click to view report AMS_2194.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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 Darren Chu, Cfa - InsideFutures.com - Sun Apr 05, 1:09AM CDT
Bitcoin (BTCUSD) is beginning to tire after bouncing for 3 weeks back to near the November 2019 low, and is arguably testing a 9 month downchannel resistance (on the daily chart). Any daily candle closing above the 9 month downchannel resistance will greatly increase the odds for a retest of the... (full story)
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Owen Taylor - AGFAX - Sat Apr 04, 1:59PM CDT
More rain expected. Conditions are suppressing pest pressure but fungicides will be needed, especially where treatments weren't made earlier or in orchards where leaf diseases are apparent. (full story)
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USDA - Sat Apr 04, 12:23PM CDT
Click to view report AMS_1880.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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 Jerry Welch - InsideFutures.com - Sat Apr 04, 11:41AM CDT
Things were wild this week but back in... (full story)
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Ken Anderson - Brownfield - Sat Apr 04, 7:43AM CDT
Ten workers at the JBS beef packing plant in Grand Island, Nebraska have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. At a briefing on Friday, plant manager Zack Ireland indicated the plant will continue operating as close to normal as possible. “The... (full story)
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USDA - Sat Apr 04, 7:39AM CDT
Click to view report AMS_2192.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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AGWEB - Sat Apr 04, 7:38AM CDT
From Georgia to Pennsylvania, videos like this are flooding social media. Dairy producers are facing a devastating scenario and being forced to dump milk down the drain . For some dairy farmers, this marks a first. “This is the first time in the... (full story)
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USDA - Sat Apr 04, 7:32AM CDT
Click to view report AMS_1853.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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Greg Soulje - Brownfield - Sat Apr 04, 7:10AM CDT
A cold front currently stretching from Minnesota to Texas will slowly advance eastward and weaken. Prior to weakening, however, the front could spark heavy showers (1 to 4 inches) and locally severe thunderstorms in the western Gulf Coast region.... (full story)
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Meghan Grebner - Brownfield - Sat Apr 04, 5:45AM CDT
The coronavirus outbreak is a black swan event no one in the ag industry was expecting. In this Managing for Profit Ken Zuckerberg, CoBank lead grain and farm supply economist, outlines some of the areas they’re watching as it relates to... (full story)
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USDA - Sat Apr 04, 5:32AM CDT
Click to view report AMS_1886.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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USDA - Fri Apr 03, 10:54PM CDT
Click to view report AMS_2210.pdf in PDF format (full story)
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Larry Lee - Brownfield - Fri Apr 03, 9:06PM CDT
Loan program is now available to help small businesses keep employees ... (full story)
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Larry Lee - Brownfield - Fri Apr 03, 9:00PM CDT
An agricultural economist says farmers need to act immediately if they want to take part in the Payroll Protection Program under the CARES Act. Joy Kirkpatrick with the University of Wisconsin Extension and the Dairy Profitability Center says,... (full story)
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 Brady Sidwell - InsideFutures.com - Sat Apr 04, 8:25AM CDT
It was a wild start to Q2 with cattle markets making new lows, grains selling off and a record surge in unemployment. Payroll protection applications started to be accepted Friday with the US economy on edge as the COVID-19 continues to spread and create an induced coma for businesses. USDA... (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 7:04PM CDT
In this week’s AgFax Weekend – Prospective Plantings | Ag Financial Pounding | and more. (full story)
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 Bob Hunt - InsideFutures.com - Fri Apr 03, 5:40PM CDT
The Trend Trader helps to identify the current trend status of your favorite futures markets. It not only helps us to stay on the right side of market direction, but also helps us avoid those without a trend. You can even use the grid as a spread matrix too - buying strength and selling weakness.... (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 6:16PM CDT
Got a few reoccurring questions over the last week, so I thought I would share a few thoughts with you. (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 6:07PM CDT
Nitrogen (N) fertilization is a costly operation for most row crop producers. Consequently, it is important to implement best management practices (BMP) available for N fertilizer application in order to […] (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 6:00PM CDT
USDA issued its Prospective Plantings report for 2020 on the last day of March and it predicts that planted acreage of tobacco will decrease once again this year. After 227 […] (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:58PM CDT
Grasshoppers have been a sporadic pest of seedling cotton for 10 or more years. Growers reported observing high numbers of adult grasshoppers during harvest season in fall 2017. (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:56PM CDT
There are some basic management practices that can affect, sometimes worsen, and other times be used to reduce risks of insect pest injury. (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:50PM CDT
Wall Street Journal writers Kirk Maltais and Joe Wallace reported this week that, “Consumers are loading up on pasta, rice and bread. Farm supply lines are disrupted. Countries are restricting agricultural exports. […] (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:43PM CDT
According to the March 31 USDA Prospective Plantings report, U.S. total spring-planted wheat area is expected to fall to 12.6 million acres (5.1 million hectares), down 1 percent from 2019/20, if realized. […] (full story)
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Jim Van Meerten - Barchart.com - Fri Apr 03, 5:37PM CDT
The Barchart Chart of the Day belongs to the retail grocery Weis Markets (WMK). I found the stock by using Barchart's 52 Week High list and since there were only 5 I used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciati... (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:37PM CDT
Average spot quotations were 268 points lower than the previous week, according to the USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service’s Cotton and Tobacco Program. Quotations for the base quality of cotton (color […] (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 5:10PM CDT
On Friday, March 27, 2020, Congress passed, and President Trump signed into law, the 3rd FY2020 Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act. At a reported appropriation of $2 trillion, the bill is […] (full story)
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 Ben Dicostanzo - InsideFutures.com - Fri Apr 03, 5:07PM CDT
More down side for cattle and hogs (full story)
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AGWEB - Fri Apr 03, 5:02PM CDT
Market Watch with Alan Brugler April 3, 2020 Some Kind of Ugly “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.” ― Dorothy Parker “If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.” ― Matt... (full story)
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Owen Taylor - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 4:56PM CDT
A spring burndown program in corn and soybean provides effective weed control to prepare for planting and helps to decrease the seedbank during the season. (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 4:51PM CDT
Southeast Georgia Extension Pecan Specialist Andrew Sawyer discusses early bud break and discusses scab management with Dr. Tim Brenneman in this episode of the South Georgia Pine Podcast. (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
Lean hog futures closed with $4.25 to $4.50 losses in the front months. April hogs were $18.23 lower wk/wk. The April 1 CME Lean Hog Index was another $1.38 lower to $63.08, nearly $22 premium to April futures with just 10 trade session until expirat... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
Cattle futures closed Friday with $0.30 to $4.50 losses; they will trade with expanded limits on Monday. Feeder cattle futures dropped $2.42 to $3.55 on Friday, for April that pushed them $12.82 lower wk/wk. The April 2 CME Feeder Cattle Index was $1... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
At Friday’s close corn futures were a 1/4 to a penny higher in Sept and Dec contracts, while May and July contracts were lower. May corn was 15 1/4 cents lower from Friday to Friday. Private exporters reported a sale 567,000 MT of corn to China. De... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
Soybeans closed the last trading day of the week 2 to 4 1/2 cents lower. For May futures that was a wk/wk drop of 27 1/4 cents. Soymeal futures closed higher than the midday lows but still down by $5.90/ton. The weekly drop for May meal futures total... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
Cotton closed the Friday session 96 to 122 points higher. From Friday to Friday, cotton was 31 points lower. Cotton speculative traders were 17,274 contracts net short. Open interest was 4,125 contracts higher wk/wk with 2,019 more new sellers than b... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
At Friday’s close corn futures were a 1/4 to a penny higher in Sept and Dec contracts, while May and July contracts were lower. May corn was 15 1/4 cents lower from Friday to Friday. Private exporters reported a sale 567,000 MT of corn to China. De... (full story)
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BRUG - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
Friday gains in the wheat market were not enough to erase the earlier drops. SRW wheat futures gained 7 1/2 cents, but were down 22 cents wk/wk. May KC wheat was up 8 cents on Friday, but down 13 3/4 cents wk/wk. Spring wheat futures were 5 1/2 cents... (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 4:43PM CDT
State officials have adopted an emergency regulation that will give pesticide applicators in South Carolina the opportunity to extend renewal of their operating licenses until the end of the year. […] (full story)
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Ernst Undesser - AGFAX - Fri Apr 03, 4:38PM CDT
Shippers Ask FMC To Publish Container Availability Rule On March 16, a group of 67 trade associations sent a letter asking the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman to finalize and […] (full story)
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