Producers can commonly double-crop wheat with soybeans, which means they can plant soybeans right behind the wheat harvest in the same field, and the price of soybeans has soared to as high as $10 per bushel. Next year's soybeans could perform like this year's corn, which was planted in record acreage because of the demand for ethanol. LaFoe and Mulhern said wheat and soybeans also generally have lower input costs that other crops, such as corn and cotton. But that's not the only reason...

In Mississippi, those crops represent four of the state's five top agriculture exports and in cotton and soybeans, two of the state's top five commodities produced. Opposition to the subsidies is based on two factors - first, farmers of late are enjoying record crop prices and record farm incomes; and second, a broad coalition of taxpayer advocates, medical organizations, environmentalists and religious groups have joined forces to argue against crop subsidies for a variety of reasons....

China has been on a soybean shopping spree, and that's helped push soybean prices to peak levels. With Chinese production of soybeans down this year due to poor weather, and consumption of beans and bean oil growing fast in that country, demand for U. November 16, 2007 NEW YORK Soybean prices climbed on Friday, capping a week of strong gains amid expectations that growing Chinese demand for beans could rapidly deplete global stockpiles. This week, the USDA released three separate reports...

China has been on a soybean shopping spree, and that's helped push soybean prices to peak levels. NEW YORK - Soybean prices climbed on Friday, capping a week of strong gains amid expectations that growing Chinese demand for beans could rapidly deplete global stockpiles. With Chinese production of soybeans down this year due to poor weather, and consumption of beans and bean oil growing fast in that country, demand for U. This week, the USDA released three separate reports on China's...

They lost much of this year's beans to drought, although some farmers got just enough rain at critical times to bring in their corn crops. Grain specialist Chad Lee says the daylong session will cover seed, seed treatments, hybrids, fertilizer and grain-storage options. The drought coupled with spiraling petroleum costs are pummeling profits for Kentucky farmers. He says farmers can get deep discounts on some production supplies if they buy them by the end of the year. Statewide, soybean...