Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Ethanol Cutbacks

Valero reportedly ceased #ethanol grind at Albion, NE and Linden, IN plants (120 mln gal/yr) because of weak margins. #corn -- Tregg Cronin (@hedgeit_tcronin)

Crop Harvest Progress

Iowa #corn 95% harvested, #sb 97%. Still 1m acres in #Iowa's fields. Started with 23m acres of #crop. #IowaAg -- Bill Northey (@BNorthey)

Crop Insurance- Fall Prices Set

Harvest price for corn is $7.50, for soybeans is $15.39 #usda #agchat #drought12 -- Thomas Grisafi (@IndianaGrainCo)

Sunday, October 28, 2012

American Royal Steer Auction

Thank you Jeanne & Neal Patterson for purchasing Baylor Bonham's Grand Champion Steer for $100,000 at the @AmericanRoyal #JPLA! -- American Royal (@AmericanRoyal)

Farmland Facts

Farmland in Sioux Co, IA recently went for $21,900/acre. 209 years ago US bought that from France for a little under $0.03/acre. #AgChat -- Thomas L. Marten (@SenorMarten)