Farmgate Blog Archives
2012
May
- Crystal Ball Gazing: Ethanol
- Does Ethanol Really Lower The Price Of Gasoline?
- Crystal Ball Gazing: Soybeans
- USDA: One Surpise After Another
- Fasten Your Seatbelt For Today’s USDA Corn Production Forecast
- Market Anticipating Bearish Numbers In USDA May Supply-Demand Report
- How Can Corn Prices Move In Three Directions At Once?
- Special Edition: Cornbelt Update
- Should Conservation Compliance Be Linked To Crop Insurance?
- Cowboys Can’t Afford Another Lightning Strike
- CME Expands Daily Trading Hours To 22 Beginning May 20.
- Planting And Crop Development Have Accelerated.
April
- Cutting Costs Takes The Priority In Farm Bill Development
- Bone Up On ARC, It Could Be The Next Farm Program
- Who Will Be The Next Manager Of Your Farm And Why?
- Will BSE Give Animal Agriculture Another Black Eye?
- Yield Prospects Up, Price Prospects Down for 2012 Corn
- Is The Frost Forcing You To Replant Some Corn?
- Need A Plan To Control Waterhemp?
- Will The Next Farmland Auction Be Higher Or Lower In Price?
- Some Ahead, Some Behind, Among Cornbelt States In Corn Planting
- The 2012 Rural Economic Belt: Tighter or Looser?
- Global And Domestic Wheat Stocks Will Be Plentiful
- USDA’s April Supply-Demand Report Shows Unexpected Dynamics In Corn
- Corn Profitability Is A Function Of Planting Rate And Depth
- Injuries To Farm Youth Declining Substantially
- Are You Prepared For A Minimal Corn And Soybean Carryout At The End Of The Marketing Year?
- Increased Corn Production Resulting From Intensity Not Acreage Expansion
- Has Your Stored Grain Spoiled In The Warm Spring Weather?
March
- Quarterly Stocks: Corn Use Is Up And Stocks Are Down, Vice Versa For Soybeans
- Planting Intentions: Corn Acres Up At Expense Of Beans And Cotton
- Will Mother Nature Deliver A Nasty Temperature Surprise?
- Dispatching Surly Weeds
- Planting Early: Here Are Answers To Your Questions.
- Will Crop Insurance Benefits Replace Direct Payments In Conservation Compliance?
- Has Your Co-op Been Changing With The Others?
- Has Ethanol Lost Its License To Drive The Corn Market?
- Is Your Spray Water Killing Your Herbicide Before The Herbicide Kills The Weeds?
- Do You Have Corn In The Ground, Or Just About?
- Cornbelt Update For March 19, 2012
- There Are Many Dynamics Driving The Soybean Market
- A Marketing Plan For A 2012 El Nino
- ACRE Might Have Worked If The State-Based Trigger Would Have Been County-Based
- Has The Value Of Your Farmland Eroded, Literally?
- March USDA Supply-Demand Report Not As Bullish As Expected
- Should You Have Invested In Farmland Or Stocks?
- Are We Really Exporting Ethanol So It Will Not Compete With Imported Gasoline?
- Can You Manage These Financial Risks Over The Next 10 Years?
- If (When) There Is A New Farm Bill, It Will Revolve Around Risk Management
- La Nina: What Are Its Chances Of Stinging You In 2012?
- Corn And Soybean Production Increases In South America Will Have A Domestic Market
February
- USDA’s Outlook For Crop Prices In 2012
- China And Russia Are Significant Export Opportunities For Cornbelt Agriculture
- USDA Polishes Off Its Economic Crystal Ball
- Farmland Prices Have More Stability Than Recent Prices May Show
- Will SCN Be Moderate or Bad This year?
- Land Prices Are Rising Uniformly Across The Cornbelt
- Will your agri-legacy be a monstrous estate tax bill?
- What Did You Say Again About The Cattle Herd Expanding?
- Do You Have An Agricultural Program Targeted By The White House For Cutting?
- Where Have All Of The Wheat Acres Gone?
- USDA Interprets Droughty South American Weather As Benefit For US Grain Exports
- Buy Some Tillage Equipment At A Winter Farm Sale
- What Are The Dynamics In 2012 Profitability?
- Will The 2012 Corn Yield Be Above Or Below The Trend Line?
- Are You Getting The Most Revenue From Your Crop Rotation?
January
- Has The Mild Winter Jeopardized The Quality Of Your Stored Grain?
- Will Brazilian Ethanol Really Compete With US Ethanol?
- What IS Your Corn Marketing Plan?
- Livestock Feed Supplies Remain Tight, But Not Worsening.
- Begin Your Crop Year With Lower Insurance Premiums
- What Is To Blame For The Recent Collapse Of Corn Prices?
- USDA “SuperThursday” Of Reports Took The Market By Surprise
- What Does The Fed Hear About Agriculture Before Making Interest Rate Decisions?
- To Maintain 2012 Profitability, Manage Your Margins
- USDA Proposes To Close 259 Offices, Including 31 Cornbelt FSA Offices
- Get Ready For Income Tax: Wind Farm And CRP Payments
- Which Is A Greater Concern: Lack Of Soil Moisture Or Snow for Wheat Cover?
- Will Food Production Keep Up With Demand?
- The Development of GT Bluegrass Is Not A Benefit to Agriculture
- Get Ready For Income Taxes: Part 5
- Get Ready For Income Taxes: Part 4
2011
December
- Get Ready For Income Taxes: Part 3
- Get Ready For Income Taxes: Part 2
- Get Ready For Income Taxes: Part 1
- You Are Closer To MF Global Than You Think.
- La Nina In 2012 Returns More Wet Weather To Eastern Cornbelt And Potential River Flooding
- Behind Corn, What Is The Second Most-Consumed Feed?
- Soybean Production Dynamics Could Soon Reshape Prices
- Are You Planting Rotational Or Continuous Corn In 2012?
- Land Prices: What Is Driving This Vehicle Anyway?
- Corn Production Budgets: Minding Your P’s & K’s
- Take Your Financial Temperature To Remain Healthy
- Continued Cattle Profitability May Take A Sharp Pencil
- Global Food Demand Will Only Be Served With Increased US Farm Productivity
- Corn Stover Marketing Will Require Much More Market Analysis Than Corn Marketing
- High Tech, But Efficient, Nitrogen Application
- Declining Commodity Prices And High Cash Rents Could Equal Red Ink