Big crop report skewers cornDesMoinesRegister.com (blog)Corn futures, which had staged a mini-rally late last week on fears of dry conditions in the Ukraine and the western US, was hammered Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade after the US Department of Agriculture said that four-fifths of the newly-planed ...and more »

Are the good times over for Iowa corn?DesMoinesRegister.comIndia is struggling with a surplus of wheat, thanks to the “green revolution” launched by the much-honored Iowa native Norman Borlaug, and now can export some of its surplus to neighbors such as Bangladesh. Russia and Ukraine, whose agricultural woes ...and more »

Rationing old crop corn and ethanol shutdown pricesCattleNetwork.comTo investigate this issue we use a model of an Iowa ethanol plant introduced in a recent post. This model is meant to be representative of an “average” ethanol plant constructed in the last five years. It should be kept in mind that there is ...and more »

Sports in Brief: Nadal dominates Djokovic for his 6th Italian Open titlePhiladelphia InquirerThey are being replaced by Canada's Frank Dancevic and Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine. COLLEGES: Michigan State and Iowa will return to Penn State's Big Ten football schedule in 2015-16. Iowa rotates off Penn State's schedule in 2013 and 2014 after the ...and more »

Wall Street Journal'Party for Everybody!'—at Least in EuropeWall Street JournalThe contest stretches beyond the 27-nation European Union to include countries such as Ukraine, Turkey and Macedonia—this year, 42 countries in all. That cosmopolitan mélange means songs often lean on sounds more than words, as in "La La Love" (Cyprus ...and more »

al.comMorning Grains CommentaryFarm and Ranch GuideParts of Iowa, western Illinois and eastern Indiana and Ohio are in need of rains soon after a recent dry spell. The Midwest looks warmer and drier for the next week which could cause some stress to these areas. Topsoil moisture in Iowa is rated 7% ...Evening markets: rain, macro fears, sink grains, cotton, soyAgrimoney.comall 324 news articles »

Possible record corn harvest would swell US stocks, drive prices downDesMoinesRegister.comThe US Department of Agriculture said Thursday that because of expected surges in production and surplus stocks, the corn Iowa farmers are planting now may be worth as much as $2 per bushel less than last year's crop. “That will cost farmers a lot of ...and more »

Weather Watch: Rain showers here and there in US MidwestChicago TribuneUNITED STATES Showers expected in Minnesota, northern Iowa, northern Nebraska and the Dakotas this weekend, bringing 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches of rain to those areas, said Joel Widenor, meteorologist with Commodity Weather Group.and more »

Teams set for NSC Cup in MinneapolisThe Chronicle JournalStarting with less than 70 teams, mainly from Minnesota and Wisconsin, the tourney has grown to attract more than 200 teams, including clubs from Iowa, North Dakota and, of course, Canada. The organizers have also instituted a college coaches ...and more »

Nadal tops Ferrer for seventh Barcelona Open titleSTLtoday.com(AP) Malignaggi wins WBA welterweight title • American Paul Malignaggi stopped previously undefeated Ukrainian Vyacheslav Senchenko in the ninth round to take the WBA welterweight title in Donetsk, Ukraine. The referee stepped in to halt the fight at ...and more »