Archive for the "soybeans" Tag

Peking Resistance Could Boost Farmers’ Bottom Line. Where is It? In most Midwestern states, soybean cyst nematode is resistant to varieties with […]

During the next few weeks, many farm operators will be finalizing their crop insurance decisions for the 2020 crop year. March 16 […]

This article analyzes if the history of 2014 farm bill payments can inform 2018 farm bill decisions between ARC-CO (Agriculture Risk Coverage […]

The February World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, as is typical, provided little fanfare for grain and soybean markets. Perhaps […]

Bloomberg writer Peggy Collins reported late last week that, “China’s leader Xi Jinping reassured U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call that Beijing […]

U.S. agricultural exports were down two percent in 2019 at $136 billion. USDA ag economist Bart Kenner says that’s still a relatively […]

The U.S. biodiesel industry continued to face strong headwinds in 2019 due to the demand destruction wreaked by small refinery exemptions (SREs).  […]

U.S., China Ag Trade- Recent Background Reuters writers Hallie Gu, Muyu Xu and Tony Munroe reported last week that, “China’s imports of U.S. […]

In a recent update from Iowa State University (ISU) Extension (“Estimating costs of crop production vital for 2020 farm businesses“), Alejandro Plastina explained that, “Thin […]

Soybean futures prices fell again last week on reports of a coronavirus outbreak rattling the Chinese economy and the prospects of a […]