Sunbelt Ag News

DTN Livestock Midday: Lean Hog Futures Gain Strength5-22

AgFax Grain Review: Record Planting Speed; China to Increase Soybean Imports5-22

DTN Grain Midday: Corn, Wheat Trade Move Higher5-22

Good on Grain: Corn Planting Progress Rapid but Below Record Pace5-22

DTN Cotton Open: Posts Gains after Back-to-Back Losses5-22

What Does Monsanto’s Win Mean for Self-Replicating Technologies?5-22

DTN Livestock Open: Lean Hogs to Start on Firm Basis5-22

DTN Grain Open: Mixed with Wheat Starting Higher5-22

Keith Good: Survey Shows Corn, Soybean Acres Nudging Out Rice, Cotton5-22

Southwest Cotton Planting Picks Up, Still Dry, Fleahoppers Arrive – AgFax5-21

Corn: Planted By Farmers, Helped By Technology5-21

AgFax Cotton Review: Futures Expected to Continue in Recent Ranges; Australia Finishing Strong Harvest5-21

Doane Cotton Close: Ahead of Schedule Planting5-21

DTN Cotton Close: Finishes Sharply Lower5-21

AFB Rice Close: Minimal Gains Were Made5-21

AFB Cotton Close: Under Pressure5-21

AFB Grain-Soybean Close: Wheat And Soybeans Lower, Corn Pressured,5-21

Peanuts: Argentine Crop Hit By Frost5-21

USDA National Peanut Prices5-21

How To Become A Farmer 1015-21

Soybeans: The Right Time To Plant?5-21

How Low Interest Rates Are In Line With Farmland Prices5-21

DTN Grain Close: Big Jump in Corn Planting Pressures Markets5-21

AgFax Rice Review: U.S. Production, Exports Down; Japanese Rice Returns to Evacuation Zone5-21

DTN Fertilizer Trends: 6 of 8 See Slight Price Drop5-21

New Publication Can Help with Fungicide Decisions5-21

Louisiana: Crop Production Field Day Set June 19 in St. Joseph5-21

Roberts Commodity Report: USDA Corn Planting Data Questionable5-21

Taiwan: Working Out Grading Issues on U.S.-Taiwan Rice Trade5-20

Weekly Crop Progress: Corn Planting Jumps 43% in 1 Week5-20

Rice Progress: Crop 80% Planted, 60% Emerged5-20

Texas: Pecos River Watershed Protection Plan Meetings, June 4-55-20

Welch on Wheat: Crop Condition Drops, but Still Higher Than 20115-20

Genetically-Engineered Alfalfa Can Be Grown Once Again5-20

U.S. Aquifers Being Drained at Accelerated Rate, Study Says5-20

USDA Faces Deadline to Modify Country of Origin Labels5-20

Cotton: Where Did Your Denim Jeans Come From?5-20

Good on Grain: Corn, Soybean Prices Retracing 2012 Drought Rally5-20

Flint On Crops: Late Planting Changes Everything5-20

USDA Foreign Catfish Program to Crank Up by Year’s End5-20

Rice Market: Southern Crop 4 Weeks Behind in Some Locations5-18

New Focus on Fertilizer Safety, Storage Regulations5-17

DTN Livestock Close: Futures End Week with Sharp Losses5-17

Florida: Perennial Peanut Producer’s Field Day, June 15-17

Cleveland on Cotton: U.S. Plantings Mostly in Southwest, Drought Continues5-17

Wheat Price Highlights: Nearby Contracts Down on Technical Selling5-17

Farm Bill: Serious Debate Expected On The Floor5-17

Corn Planting To Decrease And Soybean to Increase5-17

Mississippi: Entire State Suffering Historic Planting Delays5-17

USDA: Peanut Price Highlights5-17

Energy: Domestic Ethanol Production Starts to Grow Again5-17

Propane Inventories Increase5-17

Gasoline Prices Climb 7 Cents5-17

Diesel Prices Rise 2 Cents5-17

Texas: Plains Cotton Growers Produced 2.93M Upland Bales5-17

Virginia: Early-Summer Row Crops Tour, Suffolk, June 65-17

North Carolina: Grain Sorghum Shows Economic Advantage In Doublecrop Production5-16

EPA Budget Examined Amid Calls for More Transparency5-16

Sunbelt Ag Events

• Alabama: Stored Grain Workshops Planned for May
• Louisiana: Evangeline Parish Rice Tour, Herbert Farms, May 23
• Indiana: No-Till Diagnostic Workshop, West Lafayette, May 23
• Rice Market & Technology Convention Set For May 28-30 In Miami
• California: 2013 No-Till Cotton Production Field Day, Dos Palos, May 30
• Texas: Grass-Fed Beef Conference, College Station, May 30-31
• Texas: Feral Hog Management Workshop, Floresville, May 31
• Florida: Perennial Peanut Producer’s Field Day, June 1
• Virginia: Early-Summer Row Crops Tour, Suffolk, June 6
• Louisiana: Crop Production Field Day, St. Joseph, June 19
• Southern Peanut Growers Conference, Panama City Beach, July 18-20
• International Cotton Advisory Committee Plenary Meeting, Cartagena, Columbia, Sept. 29-Oct. 4
• 25th Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference, December 10 - 11, 2013, Brazos Center, Bryan, Texas.

Rice News

• Arkansas Wheat: Army Worms Reported Cutting Heads
• Keith Good: Survey Shows Corn, Soybean Acres Nudging Out Rice, Cotton
• AFB Rice Close: Minimal Gains Were Made
• How Low Interest Rates Are In Line With Farmland Prices
• AgFax Rice Review: U.S. Production, Exports Down; Japanese Rice Returns to Evacuation Zone
• DTN Fertilizer Trends: 6 of 8 See Slight Price Drop
• Keith Good: Corn Farmers Seed Record 42M Acres in 7-Day Stretch
• Taiwan: Working Out Grading Issues on U.S.-Taiwan Rice Trade
• Weekly Crop Progress: Corn Planting Jumps 43% in 1 Week
• Rice Progress: Crop 80% Planted, 60% Emerged
• Mississippi: More Field Work And Dry Weather
• Missouri: Strong Planting Progress but Still Behind Schedule

 

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