Two Steps Forward - AgWeb
Blog | www.agweb.com | Nov 13, 2009
Two weeks ago, corn took two steps forward and then two steps back. A big early week rally died on Wednesday morning, and by Friday night the trade had given back all but one cent of the entire 30 cent rally. This past week, the plot was the same, but the outcome was different.
http://www.agweb.com/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?src=MarketWatch&PID=d583b867-957e-48a8-9e92-339a4fa164c8
Agriculture futures mixed on the Chicago Board of Trade; beef, pork trade lower - Gaea Times
Blog | blog.taragana.com | Nov 12, 2009
December corn lost 3.5 cents to $3.905 a bushel, while oats for December delivery rose 2.5 cents to $2.69 a bushel and January soybeans jumped 18 cents to $9.90 a bushel. Wheat for December delivery was flat at $5.3175 a bushel.
North: Temperature sufficient for oilseed rape residuals
Blog | www.fwi.co.uk | Nov 6, 2009
As if by magic the rain has done its job and crops are now complete. Slug damage is minimal and the amount of slug pellets applied will be considerably less than last year.
Spectator on wheat prices and arable farming
Blog | www.countrylife.co.uk | Apr 16, 2009
Growing and harvesting wheat is becoming increasingly financially unsustainable as prices remain perplexingly low, although farmland prices are high Growing and harvesting wheat is becoming increasingly financially unsustainable as prices remain perplexingly low, although farmland prices are high
http://www.countrylife.co.uk/blogs/spectator/article/316711/Spectator-on-wheat-prices.html
Post Harvest Grain Inspections
Blog | blog.alextiller.com | Dec 10, 2008
With harvest coming to an end, grain farmers might want to take a little bit of time before knocking off for the holidays to inspect and sample stored grains for insect and fungal presence. (Better to find out about it now than to find out about it in
http://blog.alextiller.com/post/64153088/post-harvest-grain-inspections
EPA Raises Raises Requirements for Renewable Fuels
Blog | thefraserdomain.typepad.com | Dec 2, 2008
An item of interest to ethanol producers and other supporters of ethanol is this announcement by EPA, as further clarified by this announcement by EERE: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 17 that the 2009 renewable fuel standard (RFS) will require most refiners,
http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2008/12/epa-raises-rais.html
The Lowdown on Miscanthus
Blog | i-r-squared.blogspot.com | Aug 2, 2008
Robert Rapier works in the energy industry, and writes about issues related to national energy policy.
http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/2008/08/lowdown-on-miscanthus.html
Wheat versus maize
Blog | www.pigprogress.net | Jul 28, 2008
Questions whether maize can replace wheat – or the other way round – are frequently asked. Such concerns usually emerge when alternative cereals are priced competitively (due to oversupply or lower quality).
http://www.pigprogress.net/blogs/id1702-61507/action/showDetails/wheat_versus_maize.html
Perry request ignites ethanol debate - Austin American-Statesman
Blog | www.statesman.com | Apr 28, 2008
Daily opinions by the Editorial Board of the Austin American-Statesman., When Gov. Rick Perry last week asked the federal government to reduce its mandate for higher percentages of ethanol in gasoline he joined a national conversation about ethanol that this country needs to have. Congress and the
Where’s the rice? - Blogger News Network
Blog | www.bloggernews.net | Apr 14, 2008
We just delivered more rice from the “second harvest” to the rice mill for storage and milling later. We don’t worry about a shortage of rice: We grown our own, a gormet organically grown rice for the upscale Manila market. But not everyone is so lucky.
