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See Columnist Tyler Bruch Live
Corn & Soybean Digest’s Brazil columnist, Tyler Bruch, 28, was featured in a special CNBC business news program Sunday, May 4...
Congress Sees Farm Bill Breakthrough
Congressional farm bill conferees apparently have reached an agreement on a farm bill compromise – none too soon for corn and soybean growers and other farmers who need a plan to follow for this year’s production...
Soybean Seed Inoculation Pays
Source: Michigan State University
Research conducted at Michigan State University (MSU) and Ohio State University (OSU) and in Ontario has demonstrated that treating soybean seed with bacterial inoculants is a profitable practice...
Rain-Delayed Corn Planting No Reason To Switch Crop, Says MU Agronomist
Source: University of Missouri
Rain-delayed planting is no reason to switch from corn to soybeans or to switch to an early maturing corn variety, says Bill Wiebold, a University of Missouri Extension agronomist...
Corn Planting Falls Further Behind
By Richard Brock
Corn-planting progress fell further behind normal last week as wet conditions again allowed only limited progress by producers across the Midwest...
Planting Progress Varies
By Kent Thiesse
There has been some limited tillage and corn planting completed in some areas of southern Minnesota from April 23 to April 25, prior to the heavy rains, wet snow and cold temperatures late last week...
The Better are Getting Better
By Dr. Dave Kohl
My work with the farm business management instructor teams in south-central and southwest Minnesota provides an excellent source of data on progressive producers...
Global Economic Forecast
By Dr. Dave Kohl
For the readers of this column who are invested in the red-hot grain industry, let’s go up to 100,000 ft. and explore an overview of the global economic forecast...
Spring Planting
By Kent Thiesse
Like the start of a big race, or the beginning of a championship game, farmers in Minnesota and Iowa are anxiously awaiting the initiation of full-scale fieldwork...
Little Corn Planting Progress
By Richard Brock
U.S. producers made very little progress planting their 2008 corn crop last week as cool, wet conditions continued to limit fieldwork...
Three Pricing Alternatives For Farmers
Source: Purdue University
Grain buyers and elevators, like producers, can’t afford to take all the risk and some have stopped offering cash-forward contracts to price new-crop corn, soybeans and wheat...
NCGA Hails Japan’s Growing Acceptance Of Biotech Corn For Food
Source: National Corn Growers Association
It’s great news for Japanese consumers and U.S. corn growers that Japan is turning more to biotech corn to meet growing food needs, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) says...
How Much Is Ethanol Saving Missourians?
Source: Missouri Corn Merchandising Council
A study released today confirms Missouri drivers are saving money at the pump thanks to ethanol. The research results were announced at a press conference in the state capitol and concluded...
Leading Food Policy Center Study Cites Rising Oil Costs as Underlying Force in Food and Fuel Argument
Source: National Corn Growers Association
A study released recently by Texas A&M’s Agricultural and Food Policy Center illustrates corn prices have had little to do with rising food costs, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) notes...
Wide Margins for 2008 Corn Profits
By Bob Sampson, University of Illinois
Corn appears to be more profitable than soybeans in 2008 by wider margins than in recent years, according to a new University of Illinois (U of I) Extension study...















