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9/8/10 11:14 AM
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan was honored with the Norman Borlaug Medallion at a conference in Africa, but the conference also questioned some of the effects of Borlaug's original Green Revolution.
9/8/10 11:12 AM
Farmers are invited to informational meetings in Nebraska to talk about their legal rights in VeraSun's recent request for payment on grain sales.
9/8/10 11:10 AM
As long as interest rates headed lower, riding variable rates made sense. Now a flurry of refinancings shows farm borrowers think fixed-rate loans might be as low as they can go.
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Corn futures are expected to open 1 to 2 lower as of 7:15 a.m. CDT; soybeans 10 to 12 lower; wheat 1 to 2 higher.
Cattle contracts should open modestly higher, supported by short-covering and residual buying. Lean hog futures are expected to start out on a firm basis thanks to spillover buying and stabilizing fundamentals.
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