USDA’s recent Prospective Plantings report, conducted during the first two weeks of March and prior to the impact of COVID-19 on the farm economy, revealed that farmers intended to plant 97 million ...

U.S. corn planting is in the homestretch. As of May 24, 88% of the U.S. corn crop has been planted, which is in line with the five-year average of 82% planted by late May. At this time last year, only ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, June 5 (Reuters) - Parts of the U.S. Corn Belt have been historically dry over the last month, pressuring both corn and soybean health and offering an early challenge to the ...

Traders and analysts are now shifting their focus to the possible acreage mix in the U.S. this year, even as some farmers haven’t finished harvesting their 2019 crop. While the wet weather could ...

CANBERRA, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Chicago corn futures inched higher on Monday but an upgrade to European production forecasts and expectations for the second biggest U.S. corn crop in history kept prices ...

Yes, we have found tar spot in Indiana for 2020 Early planted corn in Indiana is reaching late vegetative stages and tasseling in the south. Therefore, it is time to start monitoring for diseases to ...

The “summer doldrums” have hit the corn market. It is a pretty accurate description as it is used to describe a seasonal slump in prices during the hot and lazy days of summer. While it's certainly ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Crop Watch corn in the eastern Corn Belt did not make it through last week’s hot and dry stretch unscathed, and crop health in the west was dinged by ...

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Just a few years ago, corn at or above $4 per bushel was often viewed favorably by U.S. farmers from a profit perspective. But $4 today is not the same as it ...

Expectations for a record U.S. crop and big harvests in other growing regions have pushed down corn futures to their lowest price since autumn 2020, when they were climbing back from the Covid slump.