Farmland values surging as US crop-price gains spur income

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Chicago Daily Herald
Midwest farmers in a five-state region saw an increase of 19 percent as of April 1 from a year earlier, including a 27 percent increase in Iowa, the largest US corn and soybean grower, the Chicago Fed said in a report today. Great Plains states posted ...
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COLUMN: Record corn crop could cool Deere's hot streak

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
The answer likely has much to do with the price of corn, said Longbow Research analyst Eli Lustgarten, who has tracked Deere's performance for years. “Big plantings and big yields will lead to big problems,” he said. “There are uncertainties over 2013.
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Taxing question: Can corn sugar make you stupid?

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Opelousas Daily World
11:00 pm Taxing question: Can corn sugar make you stupid? My late father would often burst into those lyrics from the 1958 McGuire Sisters hit "Sugartime." Little did he know it was a recipe for asking, "Morning — that's the one where the sun is ...
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Chicago trading plans scaled back

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by DesMoinesRegister.com
AFFECTS: Corn, mini-sized corn, soybeans, mini-sized soybeans, wheat, mini-sized wheat, soybean meal, soybean oil, rough rice, oats and ethanol futures and options, plus all related calendar spread options and intercommodity spread options.
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State, federal subsidies help keep area agriculture afloat in Greater Taunton

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Wicked Local
Bristol County farmers with a corn base in their production received funds from several subsidy programs last year: 31 received $16893 through the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program, and 10 received $15231 through the Average Crop Revenue Election ...
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Beer to flow for extra day at Crabble Corn Mill ale festival

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by This is Kent
BEER-LOVERS will be able to tease their taste buds for an extra day at the Crabble Corn Mill festival this year. Organisers will stage the annual fundraising event for three days instead of the usual two as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee ...
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4-H event brings healthy sales

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by The Desert Sun
Denise Goolsby, The Desert Sun INDIO — Boxes of colorful sweet corn, bell peppers, grapes, tomatoes and watermelons were among the produce brightening up the Shields Date Garden parking lot Saturday, as the Desert Sandblasters 4-H Club's produce sale ...
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'Walking the corn' deaths lead to fines

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Business Management Daily
In July 2010, Wyatt Whitebread, 14, and Alex Pacas, 19, were killed as they “walked down the corn” in a grain elevator after conveying machinery became jammed. They became trapped under 30 feet of corn and suffocated. A 20-year-old co-worker was also ...
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Local strawberry fields beckon 'U'

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Toledo Blade
You've bought a lot of corn. You've shucked a lot of corn. And now the time has come to cook a lot of corn. But that can be hard, because corn is, you know, big. And you can't squeeze more than a few in a pot, even a big pot.
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Errors, walks plague CornBelters in loss

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by WJBC News
CornBelters first baseman Yovan Rosa waits for a Windy City pitch during a 7-2 loss to the ThunderBolts on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Corn Crib. (Photo courtesy Normal CornBelters) NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, ...
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Corn traders betting against a corn bumper crop

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by The News Journal
31, 2011 photo people examine John Deere farming equipment on display during the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. Deere is one firm investors think will gain because of a coming corn bumper crop. / Associated Press/Seth Perlman Corn traders are the ...
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Area farmers given gift of time

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Toledo Blade
BY JON CHAVEZ Gordon Wenig applies liquid nitrogen to his corn crop in fields off Euler Road near Weston, Ohio. "With any luck I'll be done in about four days, and that's a job I usually like to have done by the 10th of June," Mr. Wenig said.
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A Tea Party in a Missouri corn field

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by YouTube
People gather in a Patriots Field of Dreams for the "Common Sense Rally"
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A Tea Party in a corn field with Herman Cain

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by KRCG
by Carissa Biele Have you ever been to a tea part in a Holts Summit corn field. There was one hosted in Holts Summit today. William Temple who portrays Button Guinnett, told us "Restoring the constitution is what the tea party is all about.
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Farm Notes: Hoosier farmers fill grain market request

May 20th, 2012 - Posted by Palladium-Item
Increased corn production in South America and lower worldwide production of soybeans are important factors in soybean supplies, said Chris Hurt, Purdue Extension agricultural economist. China also has been aggressive in buying corn and soybeans, ...
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MHS graduates 'achieved like crazy'

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Daily Republic
Mitchell High School commencement speakers Tucker Volesky and Kathleen Serie pose at the Corn Palace where they will address their classmates during graduation ceremonies Sunday. (Chris Huber/Republic) That's Mitchell Superintendent of Schools Joe ...
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Corn Futures Expected to Open 3 to 5 Higher

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Syracuse Journal-Democrat
By Progressive Farmer Corn: July corn closed above initial resistance at $6.22 3/4, establishing a short-term uptrend. Commercial buying remained strong as the supply-and-demand outlook grows more bullish. Soybeans: The old-crop soybean market surged ...
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Bacon Stuffed Corn Cakes | Macheesmo

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Nick
Light and fluffy corn cakes stuffed with bacon, scallions, and cheese. The perfect breakfast!
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Red Rock Audubon Society Information Center – Corn Creek Fallout …

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by NV Birds
This morning May 18, 2012, I witnessed an amazing fallout at Corn Creek. At about 6:00 AM there were regular numbers of migrants, but that all changed at about 7:00 AM. Birds began flying in from all directions and soon it was obvious that ...
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Suspiciously missing this year « Jimmy Cracked Corn

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Jimmy Cracked-Corn
Posted May 19, 2012 by Jimmy Cracked-Corn in fruit trees, garden, life happens, urban homestead, vegetable gardening. Tagged: beetles, bugs, garden, japanese beetles, june bugs, may beetles, moles, pests, rodents, trees, varmints, voles.
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[SD La Jolla] Puesto Mexican Street Food | Jinxi Eats

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Minxi
I've never had huitlacoche, or “corn truffle”, before, but when I read about it, I knew I had to try it. (This is going to sound a little gross, but I ... It's basically a fungus that infects corn, called corn smut in the US. Somehow, the Mexican farmers who ...
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Dad29: Corn-A-Holing Your Engine

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Dad29
A new study suggests the federal government's decision to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline could have “adverse results,” which several industry trade groups say translates into the likelihood it could wreck some engines.
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Cookout bargains are worth getting all fired up about

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Columbus Dispatch
Sign up for home delivery of The Columbus Dispatch and find out What's In It for You. Enroll in EZPay and get a free gift! Enroll now. By Laurie Dixon • Don't overcook corn. Drop ears of sweet corn into a large pot filled with boiling salted water.
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American Corn Growers leader speaks out on climate change report

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by High Plains Journal
Keith Bolin, American Corn Growers Institute for Public Policy board member, spoke from an ag producer's point of view about weather-related disasters at a press conference April 18. Environment Illinois, the state's premier environmental watch dog ...
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Time to start scouting for slugs

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Coshocton Tribune
"I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows." I am very happy to be back in Coshocton County where the green grass does grow, and I can watch my neighbor's corn popping up in rows. There's something pretty amazing about ...
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Ethanol Helps Keep Your Driving Costs Down

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Sentinel-Standard
America's corn farmers and ethanol producers are continuing to meet the demand for ethanol, and help reduce fuel costs. Consumers are not the only ones benefiting from ethanol's effect on the US fuel supply -- virtually every sector of the American ...
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Farmers get field work help, for a fee

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Appleton Post Crescent
Nick Larson of Klondike Farms plants seed corn May 9 in a field near Union, Wis. The land is owned by Larson's grandmother and is being custom farmed by Klondike Farms. Klondike's business includes a custom farming operation, which has tractors, ...
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Cathie Anderson: Bacon and Butter opens Sunday in midtown Sacramento

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Modesto Bee
As for that blue corn dog, it gets its color from blue corn meal, and those tiny dark flecks are roasted pasilla peppers. Not all these items will be on the debut menu, he said. To get them, you'll have to keep coming back. One perception Zoellin is ...
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Joe Diffie, Survivor headlining Olathe Sweet Corn Festival this year

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Montrose Daily Press
That's because country artist Joe Diffie and rock band Survivor will headline this year's Olathe Sweet Corn Festival, which takes place Friday, Aug. 3 and Saturday, Aug. 4. Bobbi Sale, special events coordinator for the town of Olathe, made the artist ...
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The mysteriously disappearance of Honeybees (VIDEO)

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Alaska Dispatch
Farmers are theorizing the bees died after their hives foraged on pesticide-treated corn fields. In an abstract from a recent Purdue University study of American honeybees, the researchers said, "Populations of honey bees and other pollinators have ...
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Corn Roast looking for parade entrants, shucking teams

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by ReporterHerald.com
By Jodi Mathis Reporter-Herald Organizers of Loveland's Old Fashioned Corn Roast Festival are looking for people to participate in the event's parade and corn-shucking contest Aug. 25 at Fairgrounds Park. Local businesses, clubs and organizations can ...
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A's overpower Kilowatts in Corn Belt debut, 18-6

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Marshall Independent
Playing in the team's first Corn Belt League game since moving from the Southern Minny League, the Marshall A's announced their presence with authority on Friday with an 18-6 drubbing against Granite Falls in Granite Falls. "It was a good way to start ...
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CIF Gulf Grain-Corn, soy basis steady-firm on slow movement

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Reuters Africa
May 18 (Reuters) - Basis bids for corn and soybeans shipped by barge to the US Gulf Coast were steady to firm early Friday, supported by tight supplies in the export pipeline, but gains in the basis were limited as high prices for old-crop supplies ...
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup Damages Learning, Memory

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
High-fructose corn syrup may also be damaging the brain functions -- such as memory and learning -- of consumers worldwide.
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Old-Crop Carryover Hammers Corn Market

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by (author unknown)
USDA surprised the corn market by adding to this fall's projected carryover, while the trade had expected the ending stocks estimate to go down.
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US Cash Grains-Bids steady, farmers sell on rally

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Reuters Africa
May 18 (Reuters) - Corn spot basis bids held mostly steady at US Midwest processors and elevators on Friday as crop sales picked up as CBOT grain futures moved higher, particularly wheat. * CBOT wheat futures gained 16 percent on forecasts of hot and ...
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CFTC approves expanded grain trading hours

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by MarketWatch
By Ian Berry (Updates with comment from the National Corn Growers Association and other details in the 13th through 18th paragraphs.) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approved CME Group Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CME) proposal ...
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Ethanol Futures Rise Fourth Day on Higher Demand and Costs

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Bloomberg
Futures increased as warm, dry weather in the corn-rich US Midwest threatens to slow crop development, raising the price for the ethanol feedstock, and after a May 16 Energy Department report showed production of conventional gasoline blended with the ...
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Cropping issues emerging faster than the corn

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Agri-View
Meantime Agri-View's inbox is brimming with timely advice from agronomists, entomologists and others – from alfalfa weevil to cutworms, post herbicides on corn, ponding and more. Bryan Jensen in charge of UW-Madison's Integrated Pest Management program ...
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FOB Gulf Grain-Corn, wheat basis hold as futures surge

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Reuters
May 18 (Reuters) - Export premiums for corn and wheat were steady at the US Gulf Coast on Friday, holding recent gains on concerns of tight global grain supplies, but sharply higher futures chilled any buying interest, traders said.
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Wheat leads, corn follows higher

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Agriculture.com
DES MOINES, Iowa (Agriculture.com)--With world crop-weather concerns, the CME Group wheat market helped the corn prices stay higher Friday. The July corn futures settled 10 1/2 cents higher at $6.35 1/2, while the Dec. contract finished 8 3/4 cents ...
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Analysis: New facilities spotlight next-generation biofuels

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Reuters
The new facilities are designed to take biofuels beyond corn-based ethanol and begin to shift the industry to "advanced" fuels made with a lower carbon footprint derived from products that will not compete with demand for food.
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Nitrogen Applications for the 2012 Corn Crop

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Corn and Soybean Digest
The N needs of the corn plant are low from the early vegetative development stages until about V5 (fifth-leaf stage). Most N is taken up during the V8 to VT (tassel) stages. Soon after pollination, N uptake is essentially completed.
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Corn gains as dry weather may threaten US crop; soybeans rise

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Kankakee Daily Journal
CHICAGO -- Corn gained the most this month and soybeans rose from a six-week low on speculation that warm, dry weather may threaten development of the biggest US crops. Soil moisture will be reduced over the next 10 days from Texas to Indiana, ...
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Dow, Syngenta in Trait Stacks Deal

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Zacks.com
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a unit of The Dow Chemical Company (DOW - Analyst Report), and Syngenta (SYT - Snapshot Report) have united in a bid to offer refuge-reducing trait stacks to corn growers across the US and Canada. The collaboration will focus on ...
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Wheat jumps again on worries about dry weather

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by BusinessWeek
Corn also rose, but not as much. The price of wheat has jumped 16 percent this week on worries that dry, hot weather in growing regions in the US could hurt crop yields. A drought in Russia has also affected the crop there.
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'People of the Corn' Mural Rises Up at Downtown L.A. School

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by KCET (blog)
The center figure, a "Corn Image Trinity," is a female graduate in cap and gown, flanked by two male students, seeding and watering the land from an ear of corn as a platform. They front a background of farm workers walking single file in a field that ...
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Corn Climbs for Third Day on China Demand Outlook; Soybeans Drop

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by BusinessWeek
By Jeff Wilson on May 16, 2012 Corn rose for a third straight day after the US government reported sales to China, the world's biggest hog producer, signaling increased demand for the grain in livestock feed. Soybeans declined US exporters sold 900000 ...
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Corn tumbles after negative WASDE report

May 19th, 2012 - Posted by Agri-View
Corn trade started the week choppy before moving sharply lower on Wednesday in pre-report action. July futures were 13 lower on the week and December was down 7 cents heading into the last half of the week. Old corn moved higher at the end of the week ...
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Apparition (Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome)

May 18th, 2012 - Posted by WhatsOnStage.com
Apparition is a totally unique dance performance and audio visual spectacle. This piece conceived and directed by Klaus Obermaier combines video with live dance, but takes the audience into new realms of cutting edge visual effects using state of the ...
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