…of corn, down 63 percent from last year, and wheat imports declined 43 percent from a year earlier. Customs data from China shows that the nation imports one-third of its…
Agri View: Blueberries – An Expanding Crop
…That soil did not accommodate crops like corn, cotton, and peanuts. So, it grew pine trees. Now, as it turns out, that soil is just what blueberries need. The winter…
USDA Payments Expected After Labor Day
…Management and Budget. Preliminary reports suggest the proposed payment rate for soybeans would be $1.65 per bushel, while corn growers would get only one cent per bushel. Source: National Association…
USDA Expected to Announce Trade Relief Package Friday
…at $1.65 per bushel and one cent per bushel for corn farmers. However, further details regarding the plan have not been released officially, or leaked, leaving the industry in a…
Mexico, U.S., Expected to Announce NAFTA Agreement Thursday
…for U.S. agriculture, as it would offer some market stability and a certain future, much needed as Mexico is a top buyer of U.S. corn. However, NAFTA is just one…
The Western View: World’s Only Corn Palace
…World’s Only Corn Palace, and it’s been around for more than a hundred years. The Corn Palace was built as a way to prove to the world that South Dakota…
Reasons to Plant Mache in Your Wintertime Garden
…what will grow the best. Especially in the most frigid of temps. Mache, long beloved by the French, is a green. It is better recognized as corn salad or lamb’s…
Trump: “Farmers Are Doing Well”
…hear they’re starting to do well in spite of everything,” the President said during comments from the meeting. “They’re selling corn, they’re selling soybeans, they’re selling everything, at levels that…
Continued Abuse of Small Refiner Waivers Renders Proposed 2019 RFS Volumes ‘Meaningless,’ RFA Tells EPA
…million gallons of cellulosic biofuel. That leaves, on paper, a 15 BG requirement for conventional renewable fuels like corn ethanol. “Issuing small refiner exemptions after the RVO rule is finalized—as…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…Please complete the confidential NASS crop survey. Help make sure that farm programs are fair—because the facts are coming from real farmers, just like you. Source: National Corn Growers Association…
Farm Export Prices Post Large Declines in July
…primary contributor to the decline in agricultural prices. Meanwhile, export prices for corn, wheat, fruits, and nuts also decreased in July. The notable change in July can be attributed to…
Agri View: Tension Affecting Farm Exports
…one of America’s largest crops. In total acreage it ranks right up there with cotton and corn. It goes without saying that imports are important. Up until recently China was…
Court Tells EPA to Ban Chlorpyrifos
…a Trump administration reversal of an Obama administration plan to impose a ban. Chlorpyrifos is used on cotton, corn, almonds and fruit trees including oranges, bananas and apples, to kill…
Global Food Prices Decline
…2017, reflecting notable drops in the values of all sub-indices. The price of cereal grains dropped 3.6 percent from June, driven by weaker export quotations for wheat, corn and rice….