http://www.the-land.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_267135623.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_267135623.html The biggest news this week centered on the economy and financial markets, which definitely has a carryover influence into the agriculture sector. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262170242.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262170242.html The market is still focused on what this year’s yield will be. The lateness of the crop is adding some uncertainty, and the case can also be made that weather this year has given us some increased variability, making yield more difficult to estimate. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262165910.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262165910.html The first week of September has not been kind to cattle and hog prices as both have tumbled as cutouts have plummeted forcing the packers to reduce their bids for live inventory. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262165634.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262165634.html The U.S. Department of Agriculture did not disappoint those who thought the corn and soybean yields were higher than most believed in August. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262164649.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_262164649.html For producers who incur losses to their 2008 corn and soybean crop, the upgraded levels of Federal Crop Insurance that were purchased last March are likely to pay big dividends this fall. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:10:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253160931.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253160931.html Corn prices extended their downtrend after gapping lower to start the holiday-shortened week, waving goodbye to fund length as it went. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253155710.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253155710.html The combination of high prices earlier this summer that already drew stocks out and the prospect of a later harvest this year are causing processors to scramble to buy inventory. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253155103.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253155103.html Throughout the year, the export of pork products had been the positive influence on the hog market and the firm prices despite the large numbers of live inventory. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253154843.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253154843.html There is no question rent is in a steep uptrend; numbers that were unfamiliar to southern Minnesota grain producers are becoming common. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253153917.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253153917.html One new program included in the 2008 farm bill is the Supplemental Agriculture Disaster Assistance Program, or so-called “permanent disaster” program, which is being initiated for the 2008 crop year. Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253153055.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_253153055.html This global warming discussion is now focusing on many different aspects of our society including the carbon footprint of agriculture and food production. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:07:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_240112059.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_240112059.html The annual Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour came up with a national average yield of 153.3 bushels per acre. While it’s not surprising that the tour came in lower than the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate of 155, the reports from the fields did generally dampen the enthusiasm for raising yield estimates. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:06:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234151153.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234151153.html Without the threat of frost, the world is well supplied with grain (world corn 2008-09 ending stocks were forecast to swell to 112.38 million tons on this week’s report), but every market is entitled to a bounce. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234150307.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234150307.html The cattle market has been on an improving mode during the first half of August with cash prices rebounding to $100 per hundredweight basis the Midwest by the middle of the month. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234145703.html http://www.the-land.com/moneymarket/local_story_234145703.html The August U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report surprised a few with a larger-than-expected corn crop and a smaller-than-expected soybean crop.