AgFax Weekend: Battle Royal for Acreage | Farmers Upgrading Equipment April 2, 2021 AgFax Staff ShareTweetShareEmail Kinze planter. Photo: Kinze.com Ernst Undesser, Web Editor EDITOR’S PICKS DTN Fertilizer Trends: Is the Price Climb Slowing? 4-2 USDA Announces April 2021 Lending Rates 4-1 Acreage Decisions Will Be Battle Royal – DTN 4-1 Equipment Upgrades – Flush Farmers Leading to Parts Frenzy – DTN 4-1 Shurley on Cotton: Ho-Hum Export Report and Unsettled Planting Intentions 4-2 USDA 2021 Marketing Assistance Loan Rates 3-31 Ag Economy: Gasoline Sales Lift Ethanol- Corn; Higher Prices Impacting Farmland Values 3-31 New Soybean Record: Historical Growing of Production in Brazil 3-31 Ethanol to Make Case With Biden Admin. – DTN 3-29 WEATHER Drought Monitor Weekly: Widespread Precipitation Across Midsouth 4-2 NOAA Drought Outlook Monthly – April 4-2 WEEDS Now’s the Time to Fine Tune Your Sprayer 3-30 7 Reminders for Pesticide Safety 3-30 Iowa: Expectations for Volunteer Corn This Spring 3-30 MARKETS | MONEY | TRADE Weekly Cotton Market Review – USDA 4-2 Moving Grain: High Water, Flooding Beset Lower Mississippi River 4-2 Wheat: USDA Predicts Decline in Spring Planted Area 4-2 Rice Market Update: USDA Reports Expected Decline in Long Grain Acres 4-2 USDA: Peanut Price Highlights 4-1 Grain Stocks: Soybeans Significantly Lower, Corn, Wheat Down Slightly 4-1 Livestock: Hogs and Pigs Report a “A Bullish Supply Shock” 4-1 Livestock: Watching African Swine Fever in China, Demand for Feed and Pork 3-30 USDA: Weekly National Peanut Prices 3-30 Ag Trade: How Has the Suez Canal Blockage Affected Ag Markets? 3-29 Thompson on Cotton: Despite Recent Losses, The Sky’s Not Falling Yet 3-29 Shurley on Cotton: What’s Happened To All The Bullish Optimism? 3-29 OTHER NEWS Fuel Report: Gas Down Slightly, Diesel Continues to Rise 3-31 IN THE FIELD Mississippi: Producers Lock in 2021 Planting Intentions 4-1 Mississippi: Early Season Soil Fertility Considerations – Podcast 4-1 Arkansas: Corn, Cotton, Soybean Markets Surge on Planting Intentions 4-1 Alabama: Evaluating Lime Sources – Video 4-1 Crop Production: Why Is Soil Structure So Important? – Video 3-31 Alabama: Are You Getting the Most from Your Ammonia Volatilization Product? – Video 3-30 Corn | Soybeans Iowa: Considerations for No-Till, High-Residue Fields in a Predicted Dry Season 4-2 North Carolina Soybeans: What Seeding Rate Should You Use? 4-2 Iowa Corn, Soybeans: Derecho Residue Management Tips – DTN 4-1 Georgia Corn: Cold Days Ahead 4-1 Minnesota Corn: Considerations as Planting Nears – Podcast 3-31 Iowa: Corn, Soybean Planting Date Considerations 4-2 Minnesota Corn: Optimizing Crop Rotations with Alfalfa 3-31 Cotton | Sorghum Tennessee Cotton: Generating, Understanding, Using Fiber Quality Data – Video 4-1 Florida Cotton, Peanuts: Planning to Use Aldicarb this Season? Get Your Permit from FDACS 3-30 Peanuts Georgia Peanut Commission Increases Research Funding in 2021 3-30 Tobacco Tobacco: Transplanting Begins in Deep South 3-30 Wheat North Carolina Wheat: Scout for Cereal Leaf Beetle Soon 4-1 EVENTS UPDATE Click here for a complete list of upcoming events. AgFax Weekend is published by AgFax Media LLC. Mailing address: 142 Westlake Drive, Brandon, MS 39047. Office: 601-992-9488. ©2020 AgFax Media LLC
