Producers used a recent multi-day window of warm, dry weather to make major progress — 43 percentage points in one week — in the planting of the 2013 corn crop.
Condition ratings of the U.S. winter wheat crop slipped in the latest evaluation period, while spring wheat planting made good progress but remained behind average.
High wheat prices, a government tax rebate plan and expected good weather will prompt Argentine farmers to expand planting of the grain by 40 percent this season compared with the 2012/13 crop year
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee voted to approve a $940 billion farm bill, a day after the Senate passed its version, setting the stage for Congress to finally begin work on a new five-year bill.
With rice self-sufficiency in sight, the Philippines after 40 years will once again export rice, initially comprising of 35 metric tons (MT) of aromatic, long-grain and organic black rice bound for Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What progress was made came to a temporary halt in many areas early this week with widespread heavy rainfall across much of the Midwest Sunday night into Monday.
As the end of the 2012-13 marketing year approached, it was uncertain whether U.S. wheat exports will reach the 1,025 million bus forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Bharat Agri Fert and Realty Ltd, one of the top diversified companies with a growing presence in real estate, fertiliser and agriculture, announced the audited annual results for the financial year 2012-13.
Corn futures tumbled, capping the biggest weekly loss in more than a month, after the government said U.S. inventories will double as farms recover from the drought in 2012 to produce the biggest crop ever.
A record 2 million tonnes of South American corn is being sent to the United States this season to compensate for last year's weak harvest, industry sources based in Buenos Aires have said.
