Quantifiable soil health data and standards are lacking, and this gap can create uncertainty in how to best achieve soil improvements and can hold growers back from reaching full potential. Yet soil health is tied directly to everything in agriculture, from sustainability, to nutrition, to yield, and more.  A company called “Continuum Ag” has developed …

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There is quite a lot to unpack in the USDA Foreign Agriculture Service’s latest Grain and Feed Annual report for China. The headline grabber is the record high 28 million metric tons of corn that FAS projects China will import in 2020/21, followed by 15 million in 2021/22. The estimate for 20/21 is +4 million …

A Look Inside China’s 2021/22 Corn Demand Numbers Read More »

Drought conditions have plagued the Southwest, High Plains, Northern Plains, and parts of the Midwest this spring, just as producers are looking to get crops in the ground. For corn, the greatest water needs occur during the later vegetative growth stages, but early-season drought can have negative impacts that are felt throughout the entire growing …

How Early-Season Drought Impacts Corn Read More »

Big markets can make big moves so we thought it was time to circle the wagons with some experienced traders and hear their perspective on where we are headed and how to best play the opportunity as a spec and a producer. Enjoy the fireside chat! Accept our apologies in advance on the background noise. …

Corn, Beans, Wheat… with Andy, Carp, Mock, and KVT Read More »

Soybean producers in Argentina have had a rough growing season with the La Niña weather pattern bringing both too much and too little moisture. Similar to the same trends seen across Brazil, the Southern Hemisphere’s winter and spring brought overly dry conditions that delayed planting and development of Argentina’s oilseed crops. Things looked like they …

Rains Fail to Revive Argentina’s Soybean Crop Read More »

Arable is building a community to share knowledge and advance agricultural innovation on the farm. The company enables farmers to digitize and optimize their decisions by providing data on how weather and other factors affect yield, quality, and harvest timing. It measures everything of importance to crops–weather, soil, and even the plant itself–using a set …

Digitizing Agriculture to Optimize Farm Decision-Making and Boost Efficiency Read More »

Russia’s military has been building up near Ukraine and Putin is claiming ownership over more of the region’s sea and air. With Russia staging more military exercises in the Black Sea and massing thousands of forces at or around the Ukraine border, the trade starts to become a bit more nervous about global uncertaintiy. The office …

READ – Paying Close Attention to Russia/Ukraine Relations Read More »

Cattle production is considered one of the most important agricultural industries in the United States, accounting for over +$66 Billion in cash receipts and generally 15% to 20% of the billions in total cash receipts generated by all agricultural commodities. The U.S. is not only a top beef-eating country – number one in the world …

America’s Got the Beef (Cattle)! Read More »

As we move deeper into Spring a lot of folks are spending more time out in their gardens. From vegetables to herbs to flowers, I’m seeing a little bit of everything already peaking out of the ground around here. For all the gardening enthusiasts out there, I thought it would be fun and interesting to …

Creative Tips, Tricks, and Projects For The Garden Read More »

Oxitec has spent the last decade trying to release its genetically modified mosquitoes in the U.S., a bid the company finally won last summer. This spring, the bugs will be released in the Florida Keys where it’s hoped they can help reduce the mosquito population and by extension, the spread of potentially deadly diseases that …

“Oxitec” to Release First Genetically Modified Mosquitoes in U.S. Read More »