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It used to be said that in the stockyards of Chicago nothing went to waste in the processing of hogs except for the squeal, so it is no surprise that with higher energy prices Tyson would look to maximize the value of their fat and tallow scarps. ConocoPhillips, as other major oil processors need to...

It is April 11th and there is snow falling in Chicago and it remains cold throughout the midwest. More snow storms and cold weather are still on their way. While the moisture is always welcome in the winter wheat belt, the weather over the past 5 days has been terrible for the winter wheat crop and...

The corn markets seem to be changing week by week, if not day by day. Farmers are going to be planting a lot more corn, that is if they can get their seed in on time.This article quotes Richard Brock, one of the best recognized grain analysts in the US. He is quoted is saying that we will have a big...

Would some consider this the sequel to Frankenstein as Monsanto and BASF announced this week that they are going to collaborate on R&D to bring new traits to market quickly tied to increased demand for gains and oilseeds tied to biofuels? With only a hand full of potential dancing partners in the...

La Niña could be returning to the Pacific once again. In what is becoming a rapid swing between water surface temperatures in the Pacific we are looking at a potential major change in this summer's weather. Or maybe not. According to this article, a major weather forecaster announced last week that...

The USDA's Agricultural Baseline Projections for 2007-2016, are just that, a good base to start from. These are going to be very dramatic years for the agricultural sector as biofuels and world food demand will push up prices most dramatically for corn and vegetable oils.The report lays out the USDA's...

Ernst & Young's periodic ranking has put US in the #1 spot in its  Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices. The US moved ahead of Spain on this listing that ranks the top 20 countries in the world based on their support for renewable energies.This report for Q3 2006 was released two...

It is clear that there will be a large increase in corn seeding this Spring. Much of this will come from acres that would have been planted to soybeans in a normal corn-soybean rotation. That means there will be more corn after corn planting, due to the better potential returns from corn. To be able...

There is a lot of attention to the change of corn-soybean rotation that will be occurring throughout the corn belt this year. There is another article that I just posted on what a farmer should do to get the highest yield including seed selection and additional nitrogen application. I titled it What's...

The press is starting to pay attention to corn and corn prices. Normally when a price increase hits the major newspapers it is a sign that the markets are about to turn south. In this editorial by the NYT they have most of their facts right, but maybe not their conclusion that we are going to have to...