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Market Commentary
Closing Comment 05/16
Corn futures closed higher on Wednesday. Corn contract closed strong, reversing losses in overnight trade. Strong export demand for US corn lifted prices. Exporters reported sales of 900,000 tonnes of corn to China, of which an increase of 240,000 tonnes is reported as new sales for delivery in 2012/13. July is 22 3/4 cents higher at $6.20 and December is 11 3/4 cents higher at $5.26 1/4.
Market Info
News
Corkscrewed mesocotyls & failed corn emergence
05/16/2012 7:00:00 AM
Reports of leafing out underground in 2012, the year of record early planting, are beginning to accumulate now that growers are beginning to walk their early-planted fields. ...
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Tiny plants could cut costs, shrink environmental footprint
05/14/2012 4:00:00 PM
Tall, waving corn fields that line Midwestern roads may one day be replaced by dwarfed versions that require less water, fertilizer and other inputs, thanks to a fungicide commonly used on golf courses.
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Corn market direction unfolding, magnitude still uncertain
05/14/2012 3:00:00 PM
The USDA’s projections of U.S. and world corn and feed grain supply and demand conditions presented in the May WASDE report set the benchmark by which the corn market will judge unfolding events. ...
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Corn planting progress raises yield prospects for 2012/13
05/14/2012 11:45:00 AM
As of May 6, 71 percent of the U.S. corn crop had been planted, compared with an average of 47 percent in 2007-11 and 32 percent in 2011/12. ...
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Post corn treatments with residual activity
05/14/2012 7:00:00 AM
This may be a year where the benefits of including residual herbicides in post corn treatments are substantial, even where herbicides were applied at planting.
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Update on herbicide resistance in waterhemp
05/11/2012 11:45:00 AM
University of Illinois associate professor of weed science Aaron Hager said that the increasing occurrence of waterhemp populations that possess resistance to herbicides spanning more than one site of action further complicates management because the efficacy of multiple herbicides is compromised.
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Illinois: 89% of corn now planted, off to a "good" start
05/10/2012 11:45:00 AM
With 89 percent of the Illinois corn crop planted by May 7, University of Illinois crop sciences professor Emerson Nafziger thinks that the the 2012 crop is off to a good start.
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CME forecasts record crops
05/09/2012 12:15:00 PM
On Thursday, May 10 (7:30 a.m. CST) USDA will release its latest production estimates for U.S. and world agricultural commodities.
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Black cutworm flocks to Indiana; scouting critical
05/09/2012 9:38:27 AM
Record numbers of black cutworm moths have descended upon Indiana fields, and after a week of warm temperatures and rainfall now is a critical time to scout, a Purdue Extension entomologist says.
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Emerged corn, herbicides and nitrogen
05/09/2012 9:33:35 AM
The rapid pace of planting in late April followed by rain has resulted in many fields having emerged corn before preemergence herbicides and nitrogen applications have been completed. ...
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CME: New crop corn expected to be largest production on record
05/09/2012 7:00:00 AM
On Thursday, May 10, USDA will release its latest production estimates for U.S. and world agricultural commodities. The corn market remains particularly fluid, as it remains in a demand-rationing mode for old crop corn. ...
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Corn planting nearly complete in Southeast states
05/08/2012 11:30:00 AM
Warm temperatures early in 2012 have allowed farmers to plant corn at a rate more than twice as fast as the previous year with three states in the Southeast over 90 percent complete. ...
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