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Record US Crop Production Forecast Good News for Feed prices
2016-08-17 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The USDA's August Crop Production report, which provides the first official government estimates of the corn and soybean harvests, suggested record yields are on their way for these important feed ingredients.
Cramer Livestock and Crop Production Expo Showcases Quality of Saskatchewan Pork
2016-02-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The Manager of Producer Services with the Saskatchewan Pork Development Board says the Cramer Livestock and Crop Production Expo provides an excellent opportunity for the province's pork producers to showcase the quality of their pork products, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Keeping up crop production as climate shifts the country's 'bread basket'
2015-12-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: In September 2014, a group of leading plant and agricultural researchers sat down at Washington University in St. Louis to discuss a looming question -- how will agriculture in the Midwest be affected by climate change? This wasn't just an academic exercise. Midwestern farmers grow the majority of the country's corn and soybeans, and scientists had predicted that yields could take a substantial hit from changing weather patterns, with potential impacts on food prices and farmers' earnings. Even...
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2015 Agriculture review, part 1: Crop production and weather
2015-12-14 20:58:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Crop growing conditions in much of the Upper Midwest were almost ideal throughout much of the growing season. Conditions were not nearly as favorable in the eastern and southern Corn Belt where farmers dealt with crop conditions in 2015 that were similar to the Upper Midwest during the 2014 growing season. Focus on Ag read more
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USDA increases expected 2015 crop production
2015-11-17 21:40:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
In most instances, when USDA projects a large crop for a given year, it usually gets even bigger as the crop is being harvested. This was certainly the case with the recently released Nov. 10 USDA Crop Report, which featured major increases in the expected 2015 U.S. corn and soybean production for 2015. Focus on Ag read more
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