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The end of the month and the end of the quarter could make for an interesting end to the week. Hard to believe we begin the fourth quarter tomorrow. We end the third quarter today with the quarterly grain stocks report. We expect few surprises, but it is always interesting to see how much grain is still on farm storage …
USDA’s Ag Statistics Service reports the peanut crop as being about seven percent excellent, 51 good, 32 fair, and eight poor. The whole harvest is only 12 percent harvested so far. Their five-year average is only 13. In Georgia, the biggest news is that they’re getting pretty dry. According to Scott Munford, the peanut specialist, he says that the leaf …
Checking on the peanut market and the marketing factors right now. The USDA has given us an estimate on what the acreage would be this coming year. Farmers have reported the amount of acres they did planted in the ground and they’re saying now we’re going to have 1,360,000 acres and that is down 28% from last year. Average yield …
Well, the peanut world is busy right now bringing in the crop. Peanuts are being dug every day. Then they’re carried to the local buying point to determine the moisture and then pay the farmer. The early peanut harvest contracts were offered earlier, but they were not high enough and farmers cut back on acres. The acreage cut back was …
This year’s corn and soybean crop not even in the bin yet, but bottom-line grain analysts are keeping an eye on 2027 December corn 2027 November soybean futures. A Rising tide lifts all ships. It said networks in the grain trade as well. Next December 2027 corn futures have risen from early summer lows to a 52-week high recently over …
Hard times continue in the cotton market. It dropped from 93 cents to 78 cents a pound and they are saying now that the Texas crop is now rated 49% poor or very poor, Oklahoma 55% poor. Elsewhere there’s only just a few exceptions. The crop is at least 50% good to excellent. Beltwide the crop is 36% good to …
Let’s look at the cotton for this week. It looks like the cotton market which jumped up to 93 cents a pound has stopped. It’s lost 10 cents a pound in the last week. The 2026 crop for cotton was cut 410,000 bales from the August estimate according to USDA. Both acres as harvested and yield were reduced. The U.S. …
Well, how are the peanut markets doing? According to the American Peanut Council, the latest data shows that the U.S. is holding steady despite some headwinds. They said total exports for July 26 were 12,944 metric tons. This is up from last year’s 10,703 metric tons during the month of July. Also, the year before that, 24 was 10,545. So, …
The First Crops of Plymouth Colony When the first settlers established Plymouth Colony, agriculture was essential to their survival. Many of the crops they initially planted had been brought with them from England, including barley and peas. These familiar crops provided an important starting point as the settlers adapted to the growing conditions and agricultural realities of their new home. …
The 26 peanut crop estimates has been changed and lowered a little bit, but as of August the 30th, the 63% of the peanut acreage was rated good to excellent condition, one percentage point behind the previous week and eight percentage behind that same time last year. The crop reports that the crop is 6% excellent, 55% good, 29% fair, …
