…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…
Changes Needed in Farm Bill Safety Net Outlined at Senate Hearing
…farmers insure against either low milk prices or high feed costs, but the way the program calculates the relative value of feeds such as corn, soybean meal and hay was…
Canada Offers Potential U.S. Ethanol Export Growth
…percent year-over-year, totaling 166.2 million gallons or 1.51 million metric tons (59.4 million bushels) in corn equivalent. “The U.S. ethanol industry applauds Canada’s desire to reduce the carbon intensity of…
Free Trade, Relationships Key To Market Competitiveness In South Korea
…fiercely competitive market.” The more than 5.7 million tons (more than 224 million bushels) of corn and corn products South Korean buyers purchased from U.S. producers in 2015/2016 was valued…
Soil Health Partnership Urges Farmers to Take USDA Survey
…director of the Soil Health Partnership, and National Corn Growers Association director of soil health and sustainability. “We are encouraging our farmers enrolled in the Soil Health Partnership to participate…
Response to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s paper on Clean Fuel Standard
…of the U.S. experience with its Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The U.S. and Canadian renewable fuels industries have much in common. Ethanol production in both countries is largely from corn…
Minnesota Court Delays Syngenta Lawsuit Hearing
…a genetically engineered corn variety before China had approved it for imports, thereby causing farmers economic harm. The case was supposed to go to trial last week in a Minnesota…
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
…the percentage of respondents expecting lower prices in the April 2016 survey (13 percent). Figure 3. Expectations for December 2017 CBOT corn and November 2017 soybean futures prices between survey…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…the biggest market for U.S. corn ethanol and American exports have swelled in recent months because of a domestic shortfall in production. Brazilian cane farmers have harvested more of their…
Canada/Mexico Doing NAFTA Renegotiations “Together”
…American corn producers are looking on nervously. The Mexican Ag Secretary recently led a tour of his country’s corn importers to Brazil and Argentina as part of a plan to…
Agri View: China and Beef Exports
…China buys a lot of farm goods. Cotton, corn, tree nuts just to name a few. But most people don’t know is China does not import U.S. beef. They have…
Tight Fuel Ethanol Supplies in Brazil Boost U.S. Exports
…so the decline in output has left fuel providers short on supplies. The shortfall in Brazil has led to an increase in ethanol imports from America, where corn is much…