…for soybeans. USDA increased soybean ending stocks for new crop soybeans to 495 million bushels, up from 480 million last month, and left new-crop corn ending stocks unchanged at 2.1…
Agri View: Talk Continues on Effects of the Wall
…commodities like rice, corn, soybeans, and cotton could fall dramatically. Mexico is the top market for these commodities. Vietnam could supply the Mexico’s rice needs. It could be difficult to…
China Issues “Wish List” for U.S. Trade
…the Ministry of Commerce. China would like to improve infrastructure cooperation with the U.S. and accept greater imports of goods ranging from soybeans to aircraft. The report acknowledges the Trump…
USDA Approves Modifications to Margin Protection Plan of Insurance for Crops
…program, margin protection insurance for corn, wheat, rice and soybeans will be available in more states and have updates designed to better clarify the real input costs covered beginning in…
May WASDE Report Mostly Neutral
…at 2.11 bushels, and at 480 million bushels for soybeans. For the nation’s wheat crop, USDA lowered expected production to 1.25 billion bushels, down 25 percent from last year. Those…
Western View: The Times, They are A-Changin’
…something new. The government wants to change the public’s attitude toward GMO food. Despite the fact that about 90 % of the corn and soybeans grown in this country are…
Agri View: Migrant Labor Shortage
…of whom are here illegally, farmers can go back to cotton, corn and soybeans. Not just Mexicans. They come from all over Latin America to harvest crops that grow even…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…planting systems. The technology allows farmers to plant crops like corn, soybeans, and other row crops at twice the speed of a conventional planter. The case had been scheduled for…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…of respondents thought the December 2017 corn futures contract price would exceed $4.25 per bushel versus 38 percent back in January. (Figure 3). With respect to soybeans, the question focused…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…South American and Southeast Asian countries have emerged as major exporters of “forest-risk” commodities (primarily beef, palm oil, soybeans, and forest products), often produced on newly deforested land. This land…
AFBF Labor Expert Taking USDA Post
…southeastern Nebraska where her family raised corn and soybeans, according to AFBF. Before joining USDA and AFBF, Boswell practiced corporate defense litigation in Nebraska and worked as a political aide…
Farm Lending Continues to Moderate
…soybeans, wheat, and cattle, are expected to drop by five percent compared to 2016. Some producers are making adjustments in the cost of their inputs when they can. The reduced…
FSA and NRCS Officials Ask for Your Help in Controlling Palmer amaranth
…inhibit crop growth. Yield losses have been reported at up to 91 percent for corn and 79 percent for soybeans. It can also be toxic to livestock because there is…
Ag Confidence Grows as Latest DTN/PF Survey Suggests Strong Future
…Adams, who grows corn and soybeans and has a beef cow herd near Leesburg, Ohio, is cautiously optimistic about the future. While he admits conditions aren’t great currently, he isn’t…