Here in north central IA. things are dry. Need some rain. Corn is starting to roll had 6 tenths week and a half ago lucky we got that. Oats are starting to turn to.

Over 10 inches on are farm in a week. 20 inches near cannon falls MN
had a little hail damage on some beans on are farm but a mile south it looks bad. Hope you got a little rain last night.

Hope you guys get some rain because down here in Australia our winter prices reflect the US outlook. We need to buy about 400 tons of wheat to get us through to harvest in January and right now prices are up a little.
Do you know what the prices of feed wheat and feed corn is in the US?

Here is what it looks like in Cincinnati Ohio

Cargill - Cincinnati, OH Commodity Price Basis Date
Corn $6.21 0.35 2012-06-21
New-Crop Corn $5.29 -0.21 2012-06-21
Soybeans $14.56 0.18 2012-06-21
New-Crop Soybeans $13.64 -0.07 2012-06-21
Wheat (SRW) $6.72 0.1 2012-06-21
New-Crop Wheat (SRW) $6.72 0.1 2012-06-21

Thanks Nogas.
It is interesting how corn is cheaper than wheat. Out here corn always commands a $100/tonne premium over wheat.
I will need to convert bushels to tonnes for direct comparison. At least the Aussie dollar is pretty much on a par with the greenback.

Just on a side note;
We are always trying different fuels in our stoves to develop new fuels out here. Our staple is feed grade wheat but our new hero fuel is a 25/75 blend of crushed olive pits/fine screenings wheat. Neither of these fuels are successful on their own but in the 25/75 combination they are better than straight feed wheat or corn. It must have to do with the starkly different burn characteristics of each.
Anyhoo, I am thinking of trying a blend with cottonseed and cannot find any info on previous trials. I cannot seem to be able to work out how to start a new topic on Iburncorn so could you advise or point me in the right direction?

It is the middle of winter here and we have been waiting for over a month for our next shipment of cornstoves. There has been a large docks strike in Panama which has disrupted US shipping for over a month. Our customers are not happy and I reckon I could have swam from the US quicker than the bloody boat!

We are getting heaps of interest in cornstoves now with sales gradually increasing as people start to understand what they are about. A couple more years and they will be a big thing in OZ I reckon as people realise how cheap and easy they are to operate compared to wood or LPG.

Cheers,
Darron.

Just one other thing.
I see on my earlier post that there is some kind of advertising banner at the top.
I did not put that there, I have no connection with this company, and I am sorry for it as I do not want to be putting ads in the forum.
It did not happen with the last one so maybe there was some glitch in my computer at the time that added it. I hope it does not happen again.
Cheers,
Darron.

chickenman wrote:


Fear not Darron, this is paid advertising, which helps to keep this wonderful site up and running. Cheers and keep warm. Rob

Corn in west central mn in stress but we are supposed to get rain. Three days of 90 plus. Southern half of Mn was looking good as of the 4th of July. I traveled over alot of South MN delivering firework shows the last few days. Most corn in or close to tassel. Wheat changing color and looking very good.

Thanks Rob and Bio.
Price for old and new season grain is starting to ease here as we have just received badly needed rain and most wheat crops are now about 1" high.

On a side note, we have just launched our new sales company to take the responsibility off our farm. The new company is called "Multi-Fuel Heating Australia P/L."
Cheers,
Darron.

hi chicken man

whats the weather like there?
98 here (in southern Michigan), been like that for about two weeks now.......

tinman

oh yeah corn looks real good here