…the groups together to help each broaden their networks and forge new relationships by facilitating trade of U.S. corn, distiller’s dried grains with solubles, sorghum and other commodities. Registration is…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…barley, canola, corn, grain sorghum, wheat and other crops. In the next few months payments will be triggered for rice, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, flaxseed, mustard seed, rapeseed, safflower, crambe, and…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…fluctuation is caused primarily by drought-related variations in local corn production and competition from other wheat suppliers. South Africa and Angola are the largest importers of U.S. agricultural products in…
WASDE Anticipates Lower Harvests for Corn and Soybeans
The October World Ag Supply and Demand (WASDE) report predicts corn and soybean yields will both be lower than previously expected. Corn production is forecast at 14.78 billion bushels, down…
Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Ethanol Announcement
…use our high corn productivity and improved yields. Year-round sale of E15 will increase demand for corn, which is obviously good for growers. This has been a years-long fight and…
NCGA Welcomes Year-Round E15
National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Lynn Chrisp praised an announcement from President Trump, setting the necessary regulatory steps in motion to allow for year-round sales of E15. “Corn farmers…
South Asia Presents New Markets for U.S. Corn Co-Products
Shifting trade patterns and growing feed markets are creating new export opportunities for U.S. corn co-products in the South Asian markets. Representatives from the U.S. Grains Council explored the markets…
Agri View: Mixed Commodity Prices
…rising fuel costs, are two of the issues that are likely to impact agriculture in the days ahead. Hers is what they see. Corn and soybean prices are likely to…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…U.S. corn-seed export sales. Source: American Seed Trade Association ASA: New ‘NAFTA’ Announced: Soybean Growers Pleased Administration has Reached Deal with Canada and Mexico The Administration’s announcement that it has…
September USDA Stocks Report Bearish
The USDA reported larger than expected inventories of corn, soybeans, and wheat in its September 1st Stocks Report, which analysts call bearish for the markets. The corn supplies came in…
White House Considers Limits on Biofuel Trading for E15 Deal
…deal to help U.S. corn farmers and biofuels producers by lifting a ban on the summer sales of higher ethanol blends in the nation’s gasoline. President Trump has repeatedly said…
Recognizing the Size and Scope of the Forage Industry
…rotational benefits to not only subsequent crops like lettuce and tomato, and wheat and corn and so forth, but also for soil health and holding the soil in place and…
Kansas Representative Exploring Ways to Trade with Cuba
…number one supplier of commodities like sorghum, soy, wheat, and corn.” Currently, Cuba imports roughly 80 percent of its food from Europe, Latin America and Asia. Marshall says Cuba represent…
Agri View: Importance of International Trade
…important. One-third of todays global trade is through NAFTA. The North American Free Trade Agreement. Three countries. You know, last year we sold 14 million tons of corn to Mexico….