Todd Gibson, Retired United Soybean Board Director, says he’s grateful for the nine years that he’s spent as a director on the United Soybean Board. Gibson says his impression of checkoff investments was only strengthened by his time as one of the decision makers. To learn more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers …
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Dec 18
Todd Gibson Retires
Todd Gibson, Retired United Soybean Board Director, says he’s grateful for the nine years that he’s spent as a director on the United Soybean Board. Gibson says his impression of checkoff investments was only strengthened by his time as one of the decision makers. To learn more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers …
Dec 18
Crop specialist recommends not stressing soybeans
Crop management specialist Emerson Nafziger says his research shows soybeans with less stress yield better. “My point here is don’t create stress on purpose,” said Nafziger, during an Illinois Soybean Association-sponsored webinar Tuesday. “Some people have said soybeans love stress; if you stop it, they’re so happy they yield more, (but that) doesn’t seem to …
Dec 18
MU Crop Conference: All things dicamba
A leading university weed scientist says 2018, overall, was not a better year for off-site dicamba damage in Missouri and his concerns remain. Dr. Kevin Bradley says although Missouri will not have a 2019 state label, he has concerns about the EPA’s federal label saying he believes the risk is too great to spray dicamba in …
Dec 18
Supply, demand concerns pressure hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher supported by sharply higher wholesale values at midday. The market is still waiting for direction from the cash trade. February live cattle closed $1.02 higher at $122.57 and April live cattle closed $.75 higher at $124.60. January feeder cattle closed $.82 higher at $146.20 and …
Dec 18
Global Dairy Trade index makes third straight gain
The Global Dairy Trade index rose 1.7% in Tuesday morning’s event. The average price was $2,844 a metric ton. That’s the third straight gain after steadily falling from June through early November. Whole milk powder accounted for just over half of the product sold and was up three-tenths of a percent at $2,674 a …
Dec 18
Growers asked if 2nd round of payments will make them whole
Will a second round of trade mitigation payments make U.S. growers whole? That question was posed at the University of Missouri Crop Conference by MU professor Scott Brown at the MU Crop Conference. None of the farmers attending this event answered. Brown says the second round of payments announced by the USDA will be $1.65 for …
Dec 18
NCGA: USDA trade aid comes up short, again
Most commodity groups are happy with the announcement of the second round of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is not. NCGA president and Nebraska farmer Lynn Chrisp says the USDA’s payment rate of one cent per bushel is “woefully inadequate” to begin covering the losses being felt by corn …
Dec 18
NCGA announces 2018 yield contest winners
The top yield in this year’s National Corn Yield Contest is 478 bushels per acre. That irrigated yield was produced by Don Stall of Charlotte, Michigan using Pioneer hybrid P0574AM. The next highest yield came from Kevin Kalb of Dubois, Indiana—388 bushels per acre, non-irrigated—with DEKALB hybrid DKC67-44RIB. The 18 winners in six production categories …
Dec 18
A wet and active pattern ahead across the Heartland
Periods of stormy weather will continue in the Northwest for the next several days. Many other areas of the country, including the Plains and the Southwest, will experience mild, dry weather for the remainder of the week. By Thursday, a storm system will begin to take shape across the mid-South and drift northward across the …