AgFax Weekend: Farmer Fraud – More Charges | Dicamba Patchwork

🕔Dec 14, 2018In this week’s AgFax Weekend – Farmer Fraud – More Charges | Dicamba Patchwork | and more.

DTN Livestock Close: Futures Mostly Modestly Lower

🕔Dec 14, 2018Live and feeder contracts concluded the week with slow volume and moderately lower settlements. Though traders seemed patiently awaiting cash news, neither side acted with much anticipatory expectation. Lean hog […]

Arkansas: Rice, Soybeans Faced Tough Weather Challenges in 2018

🕔Dec 14, 2018A year of weather extremes — from a hard-frozen winter to a summer of drought to seemingly endless rains in the fall — took its toll on both rice and soybean, […]

Arkansas Corn: Ties 4th Highest Yield Despite Cool, Wet Start; Sorghum Hits Average

🕔Dec 14, 2018After a slow start because of weather, Arkansas’ corn crop tied its fourth-highest state average yield and grain sorghum crop yields are within the normal average range for recent years, […]

Rice Market: Final 2018 WASDE Report Increases Medium Grain Exports

🕔Dec 14, 2018With Christmas only days away, the rice industry seems to have found a new purpose in the attempt to get as much last minute business done as possible before the […]

Farm Bill Heads to President’s Desk with Strong Congressional Support – DTN

🕔Dec 14, 2018The 2018 farm bill that had divided the House last summer over food-aid issues ended up passing easily on Wednesday as Congress sent the legislation on to President Donald Trump […]

DTN Fertilizer Outlook: Domestic Prices Lower in Short-Term

🕔Dec 14, 2018The following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends for various fertilizers. AMMONIA International: Global ammonia prices turned downward in November with pressure stemming from softer downstream markets. Leading […]

Arkansas: Peanut Top 20K Acres for 3rd Year

🕔Dec 14, 2018Arkansas farmers planted more than 20,000 acres of peanuts for the third straight year, but this year were enduring a harvest that dragged into December. “Arkansas peanut farmers planted a […]

Tennessee: Corn Referendum Passes

🕔Dec 14, 2018Tennessee corn producers voted on a statewide checkoff referendum to consider a 1 cent per bushel assessment of corn sold to support in-state promotions of corn. Agriculture Commissioner Jai Templeton […]

California Almonds: What Is the Proper Way to Prune a Tree?

🕔Dec 14, 2018Pruning recommendations vary by the farmer, consultant, and even the University researcher. Some advise to prune trees hard to regenerate growth (not so much in CA anymore), some suggest that […]