Over the past few weeks, there have been a high frequency of problems reported with bacterial canker and blast. Bacterial blast results in blighted blossoms and causes crop loss. Interestingly, when there is a high frequency of blast, Read More
The individual dots are river gauge locations… when you pull up the graphic for each dot you can see the water level and the projected rise of fall from where it is now… examples attached
Plattsmouth, Nebraska is where the
Platte River joins the Missouri not far from Omaha… It looks Read More
Operational Performance
BNSF is engaged in service recovery efforts in multiple areas across the northern and central Plains following another major winter storm. Blizzard conditions, with wind gusts to near 70 miles per hour, in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota caused significant train delays during Read More
From Van Trump today:
Soybeans struggle to find continued upside momentum.
There’s very little fresh or new to report in regards to beans. Chinese demand
remains in question, not only because of the current trade conflict, but also
because the ongoing spread of African Swine Fever and the negative hog margins.
Bullish Chinese soybean Read More
Devin Gioletti, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in this Central Valley community, was outlining for me the trajectory of the dairy industry in California, the nation’s largest. He was alluding back to when the industry was still growing and milk prices were rising, and his family farm was expanding the Read More
Current US Drought Monitor
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor remains relatively unchanged in areas like Kansas and Texas that are currently experiencing D3 or extreme drought, or parts of northwestern Oklahoma in the D4 or exceptional drought stage.
Grains
Grain prices this morning are mixed with Mar corn unch, Mar soybeans -1.75 (-0.17%), Mar wheat +0.25 (+0.06%). Grains on Wednesday settled mixed: Mar corn +0.25 (+0.07%), Mar soybeans +7.75 (+0.75%), Mar wheat -2.00 (-0.45%). Bullish factors included (1) drought concerns in Argentina, the world’s largest soybean Read More