Knowledge Is Profit
Understanding end users’ needs benefits both farmers and elevators.
By Harry Bormann, MaxYield Cooperative® Grain Team Leader
Just because you get your check or other form of payment for your soybeans from the elevator doesn’t necessarily mean we’re your end-use customer. Elevators don’t set the price for your soybeans – supply, demand, quality and trans
Soybean Price Volatility to Remain
By David Asbridge, President, NPKFAS I was fortunate enough to be invited to China last month to speak at a conference for large soybean importers, millers and feeders. I also met privately with some of China’s largest compani......
Read MorePlanting Report Shows Decline in Soybean Acres
Soybean acreage and production for 2011 are hot topics in the United States this year. With the release of the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Planted Acreage Report, there is a little better idea of how many soybean a......
Read MoreCrop prices keep breaking records
By David Asbridge Editor’s Note: Farmer-leader Jimmy Sneed’s Mississippi soybean field (pictured) was one of hundreds across the United States this year where flooding delayed spring planting. Soybean prices have been in a relativ......
Read MorePlanting Problems, Weather Could Still Impact Soybean Outlook
David Asbridge operates NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service, an independent consulting firm that covers the crop and fertilizer markets, both domestically and globally. So far, 2011 has been a relatively challenging year for U.S. agriculture......
Read MoreThe Japan Effect
David Asbridge operates NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service, an independent consulting firm that covers the crop and fertilizer markets, both domestically and globally. The 2010 U.S. soybean crop is currently estimated at 3.33 billion bushel......
Read MoreSecond-largest soybean crop in U.S. history
David Asbridge operates NPK Fertilizer Advisory Service, an independent consulting firm that covers the crop and fertilizer markets, both domestically and globally. The 2010 U.S. soybean crop turned out to be a bit smaller than originall......
Read MoreOutlook sunny for U.S. soybeans
USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber, Ph.D., also served as Special Doha Agricultural Envoy for the United States. Glauber has served as deputy chief economist at USDA since 1992. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural economics from the Univers......
Read MoreBlogging 101: An Introduction to Successful Ag Blogging
Michele Payn-Knoper is a certified speaking professional and founder of Cause Matters Corp., whose mission it is to help give farmers a voice. Nominated as one of Mashable's Top 5 Twitter Users of the Year, Michele created #Agchat, a weekly......
Read MoreDNA Marker-Assisted Selection May Speed Genetic Change
With the recent mapping of the soybean genome, soybean breeders have shown more interest in DNA marker-assisted breeding. Both conventional selection and DNA-marker-assisted breeding identify breeding lines of soybeans that carry the form, ......
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