Those groups willing to comment agreed that incidents such as salmonella-contaminated eggs and the recall of more than half a billion eggs tarnishes agriculture as a whole. (Photo courtesy of MSU Ag Communications)
Agvocates Lay Low on DeCosterGroups Created to Tout Ag Aren't Willing to Denounce Egg FarmThu Sep 2, 2010 07:37 AM CDT Some of the agriculture advocacy groups created by various producer organizations and allied industries have opted not to discuss the 550-million egg recall and the large farm organization at the center of the federal health probe and possible criminal investigation.
Deferred future spreads in corn, beans and wheat all point to an increasingly bullish supply and demand situation as we move into 2011. (DTN graphic by John Sanow)
Sanow's Market SenseFundamentals Take Charge15 minutes ago Market action this week seems to confirm fundamentals are taking control in all three grains, and it could get a lot more interesting when the calendar turns to 2011.
They come from all different schools of agriculture, and unlike other fields, when they graduate there are literally tens of thousands of jobs waiting for them. (DTN/The Progressive Farmer photo by Jim Patrico)
Breaking With TraditionCollege Grads Find Jobs in Agriculture Outside Family Farms30 minutes ago Armed with a college education, farm kids with limited opportunities on the family operation are finding there are other ways to stay in agriculture.
A federal judge ruled in mid-August that USDA had improperly deregulated Roundup Ready sugar beets by not properly conducting an environmental impact statement before approving the crop, a violation of the National Environmental Policy Act. (DTN photo by Greg Horstmeier)
USDA Addressing Sugar Beet CaseAPHIS Reviewing Plan to Plant Biotech Sugar Beets in 2011Wed Sep 1, 2010 04:31 PM CDT USDA is trying to comply with a federal court ruling to complete an environmental impact statement for a crop that already has converted 95 percent of production to Roundup Ready seeds, even though a federal judge ruled USDA should not have deregulated the crop.
Analysts estimate that there are currently between 500-800 river barges floating in Gulf ports, each with an approximate capacity of some 60,000 bushels, filled with old-crop corn. (DTN photo by Elaine Shein)
Gulf Corn Flotilla Sinks Barge BasisGulf Terminals Rapidly Filling to Capacity With Old, New CropWed Sep 1, 2010 10:58 AM CDT Export basis bids for cash corn have fallen apart at U.S. Gulf grain ports as Gulf terminals are rapidly filling to capacity with new-crop grain as well as deliveries of hold-over old-crop corn.
Outside Markets Factory Orders, Pending Home Sales Index (9 a.m. CT); Stock markets, dollar, crude oil
Weather Extent of rain in northern, western and central Midwest; Continued dry conditions elsewhere, raising concerns in parts of the Eastern Corn Belt
Ag Policy Political repercussions of the egg recall
