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9 Feb 2021
Economics and market fundamentals may prompt some farmers to abandon traditional crop rotation in favor of more soybeans this spring. Growing continuous soybeans can be risky. Disease and insect concerns and yield drag, among other reasons, are often a deterrent. A study published in 2017 in the Agronomy Journal indicated a 10.3% yield drag, on ave...
9 Feb 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Starting with the upcoming 2021 crop season, farmers need to make their farm-bill safety net program elections on an annual basis. University of Illinois economists say it doesn't look like the Agriculture Risk Coverage program or the Price Loss Coverage program will make payments for the next crop season based on current...
9 Feb 2021
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:00 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 11:17 a.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday lowered ending stocks for corn and soybean with boosts in export sales for both crops. U.S. corn ending stocks for the 2020-21 crop were pegged at 1.502 billion bushels (bb), down 50 million bushels (mb) from last month'...
8 Feb 2021
In the Tuesday, Feb. 9, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, commodity traders will mainly be watching for USDA's new estimates of U.S. corn and soybean ending stocks, but South American crop estimates will also be of interest. Below is a more in-depth look at what we're expecting on Tuesday. CORN Just two weeks ago, USDA ...
8 Feb 2021
Probably the No. 1 question I got in 2020 was, "What is the Biden Tax Plan [BTP], and how will it impact farms?" (At the time of writing this article, Joe Biden was still president-elect. It also should be noted that no tax-overhaul plan has been introduced in Congress since Biden became president.) Because we don't have anything concrete, I will ...