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Early Harvest Basis Opportunities
Contributed by Steve Johnson, Extension Farm Management Field Specialist,sdjohns@iastate.edu. With the heat and dry conditions from late August, Iowa corn fields are maturing quickly. Farmers might...
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Harvesting Wet Corn to Provide Challenges
Contributed by Steve Johnson, Extension Farm Management Field Specialist, sdjohns@iastate.edu. While half of Iowa’s corn crop was planted by mid-May, much was pushed back several weeks. Some fields...
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How accurate and useful is the ISU Cash Rent Survey?
TweetAlejandro Plastina, extension economist, explores results of a follow-up survey on the accuracy and usefulness of the ISU Cash Rental Rate Survey. Cash rents, land values, and rates for custom...
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Consider Use of a Basis Contract to Market Corn
Steven D. Johnson, Ph.D., Farm Management Specialist, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, shared marketing tools and tips for the 2016 crop. Keep an eye on your local basis to see if you...
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March USDA Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks Summary
Chad Hart, ISU Extension Grain Marketing Economist, provides a summary of the March 31, 2021 USDA reports. For most of the March 31, 2021 stats, USDA’s new numbers were below expectations and that was...
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Ag Market Outlook, November 13, 2023 with Chad Hart
For 2023 corn, USDA raised its yield estimate by 1.9 bushels per acre (to 174.9 bushels per acre; Iowa’s estimate came in at 200, up a bushel). The yield change pushed production up by 170 million...
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Ag Market Outlook, January 15, 2024 with Chad Hart, Iowa State University...
The January report is usually a big one, as it contains the “final” estimates for the 2023 crops. Beyond that, this report is also the one where they adjust the 2018-2022 data based on the Census of...
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