Covering the Basis
In the past week, the average basis level for soft red winter wheat improved 9 cents to 41 cents under the Chicago December futures, while the average cash price dropped 45...
View From the Cab
LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers everywhere share similar qualities that make them successful. Trials and tribulations from what seem like biblical-proportioned weather events make ...
Letter From the Editor
Dear Readers:
Let's stipulate at the outset that French fries are high in no-nos. A large order at a fast-food restaurant weighs in at around 500 calories, 30 grams of f...
View From the Cab LINDEN, Mo. (DTN) -- Some things on the farm never change -- like planting in the spring and harvesting in the fall. And like the seasons and weather on David Brandt\'s Carroll, Ohio,...
View From the Cab 4
LINDEN, Mo. (DTN) -- Back in the day when farm horsepower came on the hoof, farmers like David Brandt and Tom Tibbits always took a day of rest on Sunday. These days, for many ...
Covering the Basis
The average basis level for corn has held mostly steady in the past week, while the basis for soybeans drifted 4 cents lower due to seasonal harvest pressure. Basis levels ...
Kub's Den
The past two weeks turned out to be a fine time for me to go on a wide-ranging crop tour across seven states. For one thing, it's just a lovely time of year for driving. For a...
Letter From the Editor
Dear Readers:
Decades from now, farm-bill historians will look back on 2011 as "The Year of the Great Coincidence."
It was, they'll say, the year deep budget c...
Covering the Basis (Post #1)
Some readers of my last column let me know that in their particular region soybeans would likely not recover from heat stress and dry weather. That was probably reaction to my sta...
From Farm to Fork with Twitter and Facebook As I type this introductory blog post, I'm somewhere over the southeastern US on my way to a social media conference in Nashville. Like you might expect of a technology conference,...
Thoughts on the Naming of Pigs By: Sarah Chase:
The first year we raised pigs, my dad asked me, "Sarah, what do you want to name 'em?" I wasn't quite 4-years old at the time, so I didn't have a whole ...
