The drought that devastated many crops this summer is not finished damaging agricultural crops yet. Now the drought is expanding northward and impacting winter wheat planting in the Dakotas and other states.
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Brandt to expand corporate headquarters
Brandt is breaking ground for a major building expansion project at its global headquarters in Springfield, Ill. The 15-month project will expand the current 26,000 sq ft. building by 22,000 sq ft. to meet the current and future demands of the company.
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Will corn rationing begin now?
“Corn use in the United States must decline by 1.4 billion bushels from last season,” says Marty Foreman, senior economist, Doane Agricultural Services. The comments were made following USDA's release of its Crop Production update.
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CruiserMaxx Peanuts now available
Syngenta is packaging Cruiser PD with Dynasty PD seed-delivered fungicide as CruiserMaxx Peanuts insecticide/fungicide seed treatment. This marks the first insecticide/fungicide seed treatment combination for use on peanuts.
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Pros and cons about improvements to locks and dams
Some in Congress; much of the general public outside the Mississippi River basin, and even some university ecologists and other professors aren’t convinced it is a wise idea to invest heavily in upgrading the locks and dams system of the Mississippi River.
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Hypro introduces its new 3376 Series Cleanload
The new 3376 Series Cleanload chemical eduction system allows mixing liquid and dry chemicals safely and quickly at ground level.
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DuPont Pioneer breaks ground on new research center
DuPont Pioneer executives broke ground on a $3 million Stoneville, Miss., research center that will focus on developing corn and soybean products that will perform under the tough conditions that growers in the Delta face.
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Prospects advance for U.S. rice exports to China
The U.S. rice industry has been working toward access for U.S. rice to the China market for nearly seven years. With the receipt of a new draft protocol, the finish line finally appears to be within sight, but the marathon is not yet won, the USA Rice Federation noted.
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Annual meetings of Weed Science Societies announced
The Weed Science Society of America and its sister scientific societies in the U.S. and Canada are preparing for annual meetings that will highlight the latest developments in the research and management of weeds and invasive plants.
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BIG PICTURE
By Doane EconomistUSDA revised corn production, down only 21 million bushels from September to 10.706 billion bushels and down 13 percent from a year ago. The yield is 122 bushels per acre, down 0.8 bushels from last month. The new estimate is about 100 million bushels above trade expectations at 10.6 billion bushels. The yield is slightly lower than trade expectations, but USDA boosted harvested acreage from last month by 360,000 acres to 87.7 million acres. Most were expecting a cut in harvested acreage of more 1.3 million acres. As a result, harvested acreage came in 1.6-1.7 million acres higher than expected. Part of the increase is tied to higher planted acreage. Corn plantings for 2012 are now estimated at 96.946 million acres, up 546,000 from the previous estimate.
