…summer. CattleFax Vice President of Research and Risk Management Services Mike Murphy predicted that corn and soybean acres will increase during the year ahead, with corn plantings rising 4 million…
Growing Your Own Edamame
Growing beans is easy, and Edamame is no exception. Edamame is a type of soybean, thought only the dried form is used for making tofu and other soy products. Their…
Chinese Trade Deal to Be Signed in Coming Weeks
…to be purchased. Markets have had a positive response to the news that tensions between the U.S. and China are beginning to soften, with soybean futures rising last week to…
Trump Delivers on a Key Promise to American Farmers
…are promises made and promises kept by President Trump,” said Senator Chuck Grassley (IA). “President Trump has made clear that he is an ally of corn and soybean farmers as well…
Organic Farmers to Harvest Record Acres in 2019
…organic corn and soybean harvest,” said Ryan Koory, Director of Economics at Mercaris. “However, the industry overall remains on a robust growth trend, and with better weather in 2020, the…
Opportunities for U.S. Agricultural Exports in Canada
…Planting Seeds 374 305 302 343 389 4 Soybean Meal 519 330 281 317 354 -32 Vegetable Oils (ex. soybean) 440 347 336 299 290 -34 Live…
USDA Announces Details of Support Package for Farmers
…seed, oats, peanuts, rapeseed, rye, safflower, sesame seed, small and large chickpeas, sorghum, soybeans, sunflower seed, temperate japonica rice, triticale, upland cotton, and wheat. MFP assistance for those non-specialty crops…
USDA Awards Agricultural Trade Promotion Funding
…$4 million in sales of salmon to Vietnam and Thailand, and a comprehensive marketing effort by the U.S. soybean industry that has increased exposure in more than 50 international markets….
United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Pays Dividends to American Farmers and Exporters
…in 2018 were a record $3 billion. Major U.S. agricultural exports in 2018 included corn, soybean meal, soybeans, pork and pork products, and soybean oil. Since implementation of CTPA, U.S….
Trade Tensions Escalate with Another Chinese Tariff Increase
…Corn Growers Association, the American Soybean Association, and the National Association of Wheat Growers have all issued statements detailing the negative impact that the trade tension with China has already…
Follow the Basic Steps for Stewardship of Treated Seed
…Stewardship is a partnership between ASTA and CropLife America, with support from: Agricultural Retailers Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council, National…
New Report Highlights the Scale of Industry Concentration in Agriculture
…input sector. Market share for the largest four U.S. corn seed companies grew from 59 percent in 1975 to 85 percent in 2015. The biggest U.S. soybean seed businesses increased…
Global Cost of Pests and Pathogens
…survey information from more than 200 crop health experts in 67 countries. The data collected focuses on five of the world’s most significant staple crops: wheat, rice, maize, soybeans and…
China Makes Another Significant Soybean Purchase
…a significant portion of its soybeans from the U.S. In 2017 the U.S. was the number-two supplier of soybeans for China at 36 million tons with a value of about…