Corn harvest in Missouri is getting underway and already 21 percent of the crop in Missouri has been harvested. Producers are heading to the fields across the state to a 58 percent fair to excellent crop.  The moisture level of the crop in the last week was rated at 19.7 percent, according to the USDA. Corn dented […]

  Monday’s crop reports released by the USDA showed a decline from the prior months predictions, but still the third largest corn crop in history.   The report issued forecast of 12.5 billion bushels is down three percent from last month’s forecast released by the USDA>   The national average of corn yields is expected to be […]

The National Corn Growers Association has unveiled the Agriculture Disaster Assistance Program, a commodity title proposal for the 2012 farm bill that will modify and replace the existing Average Crop Revenue Election Program and provide a more effective and responsive safety net for growers. According to NCGA, ADAP builds on the existing structure of ACRE […]

Monday’s Crop Production report from the Department of Agriculture confirmed expectations of a smaller U.S. corn crop than forecast in August. The U.S. corn crop is now forecast at 12.497-billion bushels – 50-million larger than the 2010 crop – but 417-million smaller than the August forecast. The lower forecast reflects a U.S. average yield of 148.1-bushels – compared to […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Researchers at the University of Missouri are using machines that simulate drought to better understand how plants respond to a lack of water. Their goal is to help develop drought-resistant crops for use by farmers. The machines are like motorized greenhouses on rails. Rain gauges trigger an over-sized garage door that covers the researchers’ corn and soybean plants at […]

Next Monday, USDA issues its latest crop production report, as well as the monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates.  In the meantime, three groups have issued their own estimates. The Linn Group has lowered its corn yield estimate to 149.1 bushels per acre, three bushels less than earlier this month. Linn set corn production […]

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) – Wyoming ranchers say they’re getting sky-high prices for hay because of drought conditions across Texas and the southern plains. Demand for hay has driven prices in Wyoming from about $84 a ton last year to about $115 a ton this year. The high prices are linked to drought conditions in prominent cattle-producing states such as Texas, […]

According to estimates by the World Wind Energy Association, the worldwide wind capacity reached 215-thousand Mega Watts by the end of June 2011. 18,405 Mega Watts were added in the first six months of the year. Major wind markets China, USA, Germany, Spain, and India continue to lead the show in capacity addition. They, together […]