…Thing Today Reports typically, hogs eat a mix of around 80 percent corn and 20 percent soybean meal, but that mix can vary based on the availability of attractive alternatives…
11th-Hour Push for GMO Labeling Standard
…CEO; Leslie Sarasin, Food Marketing Institute president and CEO; and Steve Censky, American Soybean Association CEO. You can hear their remarks below. Chuck Conner Pamela Bailey Leslie Sarasin Steve Censky…
Agri View: Japan’s Agriculture Imports-Exports
…dairy, and sugar products encourages processing of foods made from those commodities in Japan. Tariffs on vegetable oils make crushing margins high enough to sustain Japan’s soybean and canola crushing…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…digital tools. The Company achieved good results in Brazil in the quarter, with the insecticide GALIL(®), a differentiated mixture of two active ingredients, seeing strong demand from soybean farmers suffering…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…maize (corn), soybean, and cotton, which account for almost all commercial GE crops to date. “We dug deeply into the literature to take a fresh look at the data on…
Adapting to a Changing Climate
…Hatfield explain the equipment to gather information on climate changes and impacts on corn and soybean plants in Iowa. On the day he was inaugurated in 2009, President Obama called…
U.S. Agriculture in Vietnam
…of soybeans and soybean products to Vietnam in 2015. The current duty-free access for soybeans will continue under the TPP. Vietnam’s tariffs on soybean products, currently as high as 33…
Agri View: Cotton Producers Troubles
…the survey period, the cotton December futures contract averaged just under 65 cents per pound, which is very similar to a year ago. However, corn and soybean prices are 8%…
Agri View: 2016 Farm Outlook
…offset production gains, leading corn cash receipts to fall by $0.8 billion in 2016. In contrast, increases in soybean production are expected to outweigh small price declines, leading soybean cash…
Agri View: Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop
Everett Griner gives us facts about soybeans, the second largest crop grown in the U.S. in today’s Agri View. Soybeans, U. S. Second Largest Crop From: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia…
Agri View: Pigweed Research
…is considered a threat most specifically to the production of genetically modified cotton and soybean crops in the southern United States because in many places, the plant has developed resistance…
What is GMO Food?
…as soybean, corn, canola, and cotton seed oil. Genetically modified crops have been engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides and for better nutrient profiles. GM livestock have been developed,…
Food and Ag Groups Express Optimism for New Opportunities in Cuba
…USDA staff did to make using checkoff dollars in Cuba a reality. Cuba is an important market for Illinois soybean farmers and the livestock producers who use our soybeans. It’s…
Virtual Tour Shows Students Smart Farms
…across the country to a hog, corn and soybean farm to see today’s modern agricultural practices in action. Students will also hear from fourth generation farmer Ryan Veldhuizen, who was…