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This is the third canola crop for Matt and the second for Bill. They recently moved to no-till farming, choosing to replace steel plows and leave crop residue in their fields to better manage wind and water erosion and soil nutrients....More

Eight corn growers from around the country have been nominated for election to the National Corn Growers Association's Corn Board for the 2014 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1....More

At this writing, the Kansas City Board of Trade March contract price is $8.00, and the July contract price is $8.20. Cash prices in Oklahoma and Texas are around $7.60. Wheat may be forward contracted for about 55 cents less than the KCBT July wheat contract price. The Oklahoma/Texas Panhandle average annual price is about $6.40....More

Strong soybean demand from China will keep supplies tight until the South American crop starts coming into the market....More

The drought in the hard red winter (HRW) wheat area may have producers “boxed into a corner.” Some producers think that they want one of two outcomes. The preferred outcome is favorable weather, high wheat yields, and a good price. The alternate outcome may be zero or nearly zero production and then collecting crop revenue insurance. In economist language, these are called “corner” or “extreme” solutions....More

Nine factors could affect the commodity markets in the coming years, with much of the influence coming outside the United States....More

The USDA’s Grain Stocks report released on Jan. 11 confirmed that feed and residual use of corn from June through November 2012 had been large, implying that consumption had not been sufficiently rationed following the small crop of 2012....More

The Kansas City Board of Trade (KCBT) December wheat contract price is about 43 cents higher than the KCBT March contract price. This implies that Kansas City wheat prices are expected to increase 43 cents between now and December....More

Soybean and cotton growers are likely to get some new weed control technology over the next 2-3 years and using it properly is going to be critical to both its early success and its longevity....More

Higher yields and better breeding of wheat – which accounts for some 20 percent of the earth’s population calorie intact -- are promised in the wake of researchers recently unlocking the genome of the crop....More

Following the Christmas rain and snow event, virtually all of the un-sprouted wheat seed in Northeast Texas has begun the germination process and is now coming up to a stand. Much of the earliest planted wheat had come up in early November, so we have the equivalent of two distinct planting dates, approximately two months apart....More