Regional News The weather across Europe and the Black Sea remains widely variable with dramatically different implications for summer crop harvest and winter crop planting for each country. Broadly, conditions in France and northern Germany are too wet, which is delaying corn harvest and winter wheat planting (54 percent planted versus 70 percent on average). In the U.K., rains have also slowed winter crop planting which has increased feed wheat prices and will likely reduce winter barley area in favor of spring barley. As noted last week, WPI sources indicate there is concern about spring barley seed shortages. Elsewhere, Ukraine, Romania, and Bulgaria are too dry, which is reducing winter crop (most notably, winter wheat) area. Finally,...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
We have described the long-term investment climate in crop and livestock production, using data primarily from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The data provided background on the current investment climate and outlook for agricultural capital formation. Our conclusion was that investment...
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