Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Pete Burmeister (@newscoffeeshop) has shared a tweet with you

Agriculture takeouts from last night's State of the Union http://t.co/4zYafe85 -- AgWebEditor (@AgWebEditor)

Farm Sale this Friday



TWO BIG SALES IN ONE DAY AND ONE LOCATION

We'll be covering both auctions live on the blog this coming Friday afternoon Jan. 27th, 2012. Stay in the know about land prices in our area with late breaking coverage live on the News From The Coffee Shop Blog!

Real Estate on Hold

 "If I consider myself a caretaker of the land (not an investor who gets in and out of the market), my best recommendation is to get out of debt. Then it doesn't matter what happens to land prices. One way or another, we will need to deal with the federal budget deficit and agriculture will be a target for policy makers," Malanga warned.

Click to read the Full Article by Elizabeth Williams

Monday, January 23, 2012

S:GROWERSEDGE.MOBI M:CORN MAR2 620+8.5s
BEANS MAR2 1217.5+30.5s
LCAT FEB2 124.725+0.175
LHOG FEB2 86.475+1.15

Eastern IA Farmland Auctions



TWO BIG SALES IN ONE DAY AND ONE LOCATION

We'll be covering both auctions live on the blog this coming Friday afternoon Jan. 27th, 2012. Stay in the know about land prices in our area with late breaking coverage live on the News From The Coffee Shop Blog!

Opening Calls

CORN: Corn futures are called 1 to 6 cents higher this morning based mostly on overnight Globex activity, Brugler Marketing reported Monday morning. The euro is stronger vs. the dollar, while the Chinese yuan is weaker. Corn was up 12 cents last week in the old crop March contract. Informa Economics raised their 2012 corn plantings estimate to 94.75 million acres up from the previous estimate of 94.4 million.

SOYBEANS: Soybean futures are expected to start the day session 10 to 15 cents higher. Nearby beans were up 28.75 cents for last week, according to Brugler Marketing. Informa Economics lowered their soybean plantings estimate for 2012 to 74.568 million acres. The IGC lowered projected global soybean production for 2011/12 to 256 MMT, putting Brazil at 71.8 MMT and in line with the CONAB estimate.

Hogs, cattle expected to be 20 cents higher

HOGS: Pork in Cold Storage the end of December was at 481,673,000 pounds versus 475,829,000 pounds in December 2010, Brugler Marketing said. IA/MN hogs were up $0.14 on Friday. The CME Lean Hog Index was at $84.96. Weekly slaughter is estimated at 2.064 million head compared to 2.083 million for the same period last year. Pork trading was slow to moderate with light to moderate demand and offerings. The Carcass cutout was higher Friday on 62.13 loads.

CATTLE: Brugler Marketing reported the monthly Cattle on Feed report on Friday showed January On Feed at 103% vs. the average trade estimate of 103.3%, December Placement estimates were 94.1% vs. 94.2% for the average guess and the December marketings were 98.1% vs. the average guess of 97%.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

ESPN News - Joe Paterno, winningest coach in major college football, has died at age 85

Thursday, January 19, 2012

High Profile Crash of a Titan

MUST READ!

http://www.agweb.com/topproducer/article/high-profile_crash_of_a_titan/

Grain Markets Higher

Old Crop Corn + 12.5
New Crop Corn + 8

Old Crop Soybeans + 13.5
New Crop Soybeans +8

Cattle Futures

Live Cattle futures are called 10 to 20 cents higher after closing
slightly lower yesterday, Brugler Marketing said. Lean Hogs are called
slightly higher after closing firmer yesterday.

As seen on marketwatchonline.com

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Two Eastern Iowa Farmland Auction in 1 day

Jan 27, 2012

First sale at 3pm
Second sale at 5pm

Eastern Iowa Farmland Auction

80 acres sell tommorrow Jan. 18, 2012 at 10am

Located south of Vinton, IA with avg CSR 85.

Check the blog tommorrow beginning at 9:45 for live updates.

Iowa's 2011 Ethanol Production

Iowa's 41 ethanol refineries distilled 3.7 billion gallon, up 200,000
from 2010...
Tweeted by Farmland Network

Bred Heifer Prices on a Roll

Special Cattle Sale
Monday Jan 16, 2012
836 Head

Bred Heifers
7-1067-2250.00
5-1047-2200.00
10-1041-2200.00
8-1065-2150.00
10-1074-2150.00
5-1038-2150.00
6-1094-2150.00
10-1006-2150.00
10-1060-2125.00
10-1185-2100.00
5-1229-2100.00
5-1104-2100.00
6-1031-2100.00
5-1138-2100.00
7-1082-2100.00
5-982-2100.00
5-1076-2100.00
6-1103-2100.00
5-1178-2100.00
5-1133-2100.00
8-993-2050.00
10-1162-2050.00
10-1215-2025.00
5-1170-2025.00
5-1179-2000.00
8-1153-2000.00
5-1177-1950.00
5-1159-1950.00
9-1171-1950.00
10-1114-1950.00
10-962-1950.00
10-1154-1950.00
5-1098-1900.00
8-1033-1900.00
10-1030-1875.00
5-1033-1875.00
6-1078-1875.00
10-1039-1850.00
8-1039-1850.00
5-1103-1700.00
6-920-1625.00
10-962-1575.00
10-954-1550.00
8-971-1550.00
13-865-1375.00

Monday, January 16, 2012

Farmland Auction @ 10am


CHECK BACK OFTEN OVER THE NEXT HOUR FOR LIVE COVERAGE OF THIS FARM SALE!

214 acres with 82 avg. CSR to sell south of Garrison, IA!
February 3, 2012 @ 10am in Vinton, IA

We've got the Scoop!

Tama Livestock Feeder Calf Sale

Tama Livestock
Friday Jan 13, 2011
1947 hd

Strs

5-358-200.00 4-378-197.00 3-488-193.00 10-438-193.00
8-471-191.00 4-478-188.50 5-497-186.00 3-498-179.00
12-562-166.50 15-591-162.25 67-584-161.00 10-577-160.50
4-601-160.00 11-601-158.50 11-635-158.00 10-624-158.00
6-643-158.00 11-620-157.00 11-643-158.00 11-620-157.00
24-615-157.00 15-646-157.00 12-598-156.25 13-610-156.00
15-618-156.00 78-672-155.50 16-654-155.50 13-679-155.25
25-692-155.00 13-637-154.50 24-614-154.25 14-592-154.00
24-626-154.00 18-685-153.25 49-726-153.00 8-651-151.00
9-748-149.50 10-718-148.50 15-737-148.50 70-766-147.00
8-774-146.50 9-709-146.50 32-759-146.50 76-778-146.00
10-769-146.00 7-774-144.50 6-762-143.50 44-828-141.50
62-800-138.75 7-825-138.50 18-882-138.50 10-877-135.00
30-909-132.75 7-907-131.00 36-867-130.00

Hfrs

3-398-169.00 9-348-167.50 4-371-163.00 4-443-156.00
21-686-153.00 10-645-151.00 9-482-150.00 7-696-148.00
15-647-147.50 19-621-147.00 6-641-147.00 9-563-146.50
15-492-146.50 11-523-145.75 7-594-145.50 8-533-145.50
15-582-145.25 28-583-145.00 15-573-145.00 26-577-144.50
7-664-144.25 8-638-144.00 7-640-144.00 28-626-143.00
7-615-142.00 47-707-142.00 24-671-140.75 44-699-140.00
7-742-137.00 65-708-135.25 10-720-134.50 13-747-134.50
57-799-134.00 6-688-133.00 26-764-132.25

As seen on tamalivestock.com

Flooding Could Not Have Been Avoided

Full Report below anaylzing the 2011 Flooding on the Missouri River!

http://www.nwd.usace.army.mil/docs/MRIndependentReviewPanel.pdf

We're interested in your thoughts!

Send your feedback to prburmeister@gmail.com

Creeping Inputs!

-- Federal crop insurance guarantees for most spring-planted crops
won't be set until late February, but any winter rally in futures
prices will only alleviate revenue risk. If corn's guarantee averages
below $5.80 and soybeans $11.80, a typical Illinois operator still
could face losses under some low-yield scenarios, noted University of
Illinois economist Gary Schnitkey.

The issue would be compounded if operators leased most of what they
farm and committed to cash rent of $350/acre or more. Without a $5.80
or better crop insurance guarantee on corn, "high cash rent farms can
bleed a lot if the market turns against them," Schnitkey added.


As seen on www.dtnprogressivefarmer.com

Ag Interest Rate Snapshot

DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
TODAY - LAST WEEK
as of: 1/13/12

REAL ESTATE
5-Year Adjustable 3.30
15-Year Fixed 4.20
20-Year Fixed 4.60
10-Yr. Treasury 1.89

OPERATING
Libor Indexed 3.50
1-Year Adjustable 3.66
Variable 3.60
Prime Rate 3.25
CCC Loan Rate 1.250

As seen on www.dtnprogressivefarmer.com