Tag Archives: soybeans

• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Soybean Yields Higher

  Iowa and Illinois farmers are producing more soybeans per acre than estimated last month.
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Soybean Farmers Could Get “October Surprise”

  Projected crop yields could change in October
• News

  Low Water Hurting Barge Companies

  “The bottom up here is mostly rock bottom and you don’t take chances on hitting it, because when rock and…
• News

  NEW DATA: 42% of U.S. in “Severe Drought”

  The nationwide drought is spreading. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 42% of the country is considered to be in…
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Crop Conditions Deteriorate

  The latest USDA crop progress report just out shows more than half of Illinois farmers, 56-percent, say their corn crop is in poor to very poor condition
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Soybean Markets Fall

  The soybean crops in Iowa and Illinois are still looking good right now
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Commodity Prices Fall

  Analysts believe good weather will lead to big harvests causing speculators at the Chicago Board of Trade to sell off farm futures
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Iowa Soybean Plantings Lag

  While Iowa’s corn crop is way ahead of schedule it’s soybean planting is lagging; Illinois is way ahead of last year
• Agriculture / News

  Corn crop could set records in Illinois and Iowa

  Nearly all the 2012 corn crop is planted in Illinois after an early start. Iowa only has a third of its…
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Some Fear Soybean Crop is Too Small

  Craig Huss says he’s very concerned that farmers may not plant enough soybeans
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Iowans Offered Chance to Farm

  The Iowa Food and Family Project is inviting people to apply for the opportunity to see farmers at work as part of its “U On the Farm” project
• Agriculture

  Ag in the AM: Record Crop Projections

  The Iowa Farm Bureau is among the farm groups anticipating a big corn and soybean crop this year