Saturday will bring more rain to the central and eastern Midwest, continuing to keep soils wet and cause concern over possible field work delays this spring. The western Midwest will have a drier weather trend for the weekend through mid-next week. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Poet LLC's Hudson, S.D., plant's new water recovery system will save the plant and surrounding communities about 108,000 gallons of water a day, according to a news release from Poet.
Private analytical firm Lanworth is still telling clients the 2009 corn and soybean crops were smaller than USDA has reported, and it looks to upcoming USDA stocks reports to reconcile the differences.
Fighting air and water pollution from manure runoff is a good thing, but regulators and courts need a better understanding of the problem and the possible solutions than the popular notion that all we need to do is shut down "factory farms."
Farmers who think corporations have too much control over agriculture took a chance Thursday night to tell their stories and demand reforms, ahead of a meeting Friday in which the Obama administration will begin to formally examine competition issues in agriculture.
World corn production and stocks are higher, according to USDA's latest reports, but the stocks-to-use ratio shows the surplus is shrinking. That may bolster U.S. corn prices as the market tries to buy more acres.
