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National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: July 4
USDA – Compared to two weeks ago, trade activity and demand good on feed grade corn and soybeans. Feed grade corn and soybeans traded 4 cents lower. Feed grade wheat trade activity and demand moderate with the bulk of trade activity on Soft Red Winter Wheat. Trade activity and demand good on Soybean Meal; moderate […]
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: June 20
USDA – Compared to two weeks ago, trade activity light on moderate demand for feed grade corn and soybeans. Trade inactive on all other organic grains. Old crop bid prices continue upward on feed corn and soybeans, but sellers are showing resistance at those offers. Demand good on feed grade wheat with buyers struggling to […]
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: June 6
USDA – Compared with two weeks ago, trade activity light on moderate demand for feed grade corn, soybeans and wheat. Feed corn traded 51 cents higher with higher premiums received in IN, MI and OH. No trend available on feed grade soybeans and wheat due to a lack of comparable trades. Bid prices for feed […]
Organic acres up on the Prairies, farmer numbers stable
By Alexis Stockford Glacier FarmMedia staff Manitoba and Saskatchewan couldn’t match Alberta’s explosion of new organic producers in 2016, but local experts say their gains have been in acres, not farms. Alberta gained 82 certified producers (counting livestock operations) from 2015-16, according to the 2016 Organic Agriculture in the Prairies report. Saskatchewan and Manitoba, meanwhile, […]
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: May 9
USDA – Compared to two weeks ago, trade activity moderate on organic feed grade corn, light on organic feed grade soybeans and inactive on all other organic grains. Demand moderate on all organic grains. Feed grade corn traded 90 cents lower with the bulk of trade activity on forward contracting. No trend available on all […]
Organic Price Quotes: Late April
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National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 25
USDA – Compared with two weeks ago, trade active on good demand for feed grade corn with the bulk of activity in new crop contracts. Feed corn traded 1.48 higher, with premiums due in part to short positions. Feed grade soybean trade moderate on good demand. No comparable trades from the prior period to trend, […]
A faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need?
American Society of Agronomy – Researchers have good news for growers. Farmers raising a nitrogen-hungry crop like sweet corn may save up to half of their nitrogen fertilizer cost. The key: using a faba bean cover crop. Faba bean is an ancient crop increasingly used as a cover crop. Cover crops are grown in the […]
National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: April 11
USDA – Compared with two weeks ago, trade activity and demand on organic feed grade corn and soybeans moderate to good. Forward contract activity for new crop is limited compared to two weeks ago. Feed grade corn traded 1.16 lower. No trend available on feed grade soybeans or wheat. Soybean meal and oil activity light […]