Nov 13 2008
AMES, Iowa — The 2008 corn crop is wetter and lower in test weight than average corn. Long, cool growing seasons produce high yields but the corn is wet and soft, with more soft white starch. This means lower test weight, and reduced storability as mold can invade the softer textured kernels more rapidly. It [...]
Nov 13 2008
SYDNEY, Nov 13 (Reuters) Australia exported 46 percent more bulk wheat in October than a year earlier, with new entrants to the market taking advantage of the start of a much larger harvest. The government’s new wheat export regulator said on Thursday 400,000 tonnes of bulk wheat had been exported in October, up from 274,497 [...]
Nov 13 2008
U.S. Department of Agriculture anounces that US stock piles of grain are higher than expected. Delays in the harvesting of corn and soybeans has reduced the use of harvested grain for the planting of new crops. Wet weather hampered the production of fall crops and slowed planting of winter wheat. There was also increase in [...]
Nov 04 2008
The Associated Press Published Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. CSTWICHITA — Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service says 91 percent of the 2009 Kansas winter wheat crop is now planted. The agency’s weekly update Monday also gave the new crop a favorable rating. The agency estimates 73 percent of the emerging wheat is in good [...]
Nov 04 2008
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (UPI) — Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Monday as oil prices fell and the dollar made gains. Corn was up 1 1/2 to up 1 3/4, soybeans were up 3 to up 4 1/2, wheat was up 25 1/2 to up 25 3/4 and oats were up 4 [...]