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Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending Feb. 19. The...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas' School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at the Nov....

Dr. Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter agricultural economist, provides a timely soybean market update. New crop soybean futures prices have found themselves trading in a fairly narrow range in the midto upper $9.00 per-bushel range for much of 2015. The inability...

Recently, the American Soybean Association (ASA) released remarks in which it stated that ASA welcomed legislation introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and backed by a bipartisan group of senators including Sens. Michael Enzi (RWyo.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Jeff...

This month, Dr. Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, shares his thoughts about the soybean market. Following are Guidry's comments from the "Market Situation and Update" April 1 report: Dr. Kurt Guidry: As with the corn market,...

Dr. Kurt Guidry, an ag economist with LSU AgCenter, shares his thoughts about the current soybean market. Dr. Kurt Guidry:  The soybean market is really shaping up to be a tale of two contrasting stories. On the one...

By Carroll Smith Editor This month, Dr. Kurt Guidry, an agricultural economist with LSU AgCenter in Baton Rouge, shares his thoughts about the current soybean market. Following are his comments: Dr. Kurt Guidry: While historically tight supplies for the 2012/13 marketing year have...

By Carroll Smith Editor This month, two well respected economists, Dr. Mark Welch with the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and Dr. Kurt Guidry with LSU AgCenter, shared their thoughts about the soybean market. Following are their comments: Dr. Mark Welch: Soybeans seem...

Although the latest planting intentions report indicated that soybean acres would be down slightly in 2012, a move in the soybean-to-corn price ratio now solidly favors soybeans. By Kurt M. Guidry Agricultural Economist LSU AgCenter There has been a tremendous amount of fundamental...

By Carroll Smith Editor Almost every producer across the South has worn many a pencil to the nub this year trying to figure out what crops to plant in light of stunning commodity prices across the board. For the past couple...

Acreage surprises, poor growing season weather, energy prices, dollar value, economic conditions and policy decisions create a complex environment for managing price risk. By Melvin Brees The USDA’s February world Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates made no changes in supply/use for...