The 2013 Insect Control Recommendations for Field Crops (PB1768) is now available on the web.
Printed copies will soon be available at your County Extension Office and at many upcoming educational events.
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
| Price | Change | |
| U.S. Dollar | 79.62 | -0.99 |
| Crude Oil | 93.04 | +0.62 |
| Dow | 13,492 | +57 |
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
Happy New Year! Best wishes for a safe and profitable year. Cotton prices are mixed with corn, soybeans, and wheat prices down for this first week of 2013. Even the somewhat resolution of the fiscal cliff and an almost 4% uptick in the Dow this week could not prevent commodity prices from continuing the slide from late 2012. Continue reading
Prices are through Thursday, December 20, 2012. The next report will be January 4, 2013. Best wishes for the Christmas Season. Cotton prices are mixed with corn, soybeans and wheat prices down for the week through Thursday. Continue reading
The joint Kentucky-Tennessee Grain Conference will be held on February 8, 2013 at the Logan County Extension Office, 255 John Paul Avenue, Russellville, KY. The program begins at 8:00 AM and ends at 3:00 AM. Program
The Tennessee Grain & Soybean Producers Conference is scheduled for Thursday, February 7 at the Dyer County Fairgrounds, James Rice Road, in Dyersburg (GPS coordinates: N 36.066730, W 089.365147). Registration begins at 7:45 AM with the first presentation scheduled for 9:00 AM. Trade show and sponsor booths will be open at 8:00 AM. Draft Program Directions