Corn, cotton and soybean prices are up while wheat prices are down for the week. Weather and how it will affect South American grain production has been supportive of the corn and soybean markets this week. Continue reading →

Corn

In today’s reports, corn lead the bullish surprises mainly based on the Grain Stocks report. Stocks as of December 1, 2012 were estimated at 8.03 billion bushels which indicated a 300 million bushel higher feed and residual use than earlier projected. The trade on the average expected 8.21 billion bushels. Production was increased 55 million bushels in the annual production summary on a 1.1 bushel per acre bump in yield to 123.4 bushels per acre. Continue reading →

This table should be used as a guide as yields, prices, and expenses will vary among producers and locations. Yields are average yields for Tennessee with prices adjusted for the 2013 production year. Expenses will vary among producers and production systems. Continue reading →

Corn and wheat prices are up with cotton and soybean prices mixed for the week. USDA’s release of their monthly Supply & Demand report, Quarterly Grain Stocks report, Crop Production Summary, and Winter Wheat Seedings certainly provided the market with a wealth of information here at the end of the week. All in all the reports have been considered bullish for corn and wheat, neutral for soybeans, and bullish to neutral for cotton. Continue reading →

Linked below are the final results of the 2012 cotton variety trials.

PB1742 – 2012 Cotton Variety Test Results

W285 – 2013 Cotton Variety Guide