…the federal government. The findings in the study commissioned by the National Corn Growers Association are in line with benchmarks established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency….
Agri View: 2017 Planting
…corn and soybeans. Again, weather will play a part in the end. Too much moisture or sustained cold weather can cause some farmers that planned to plant corn to switch…
March WASDE Report Released This Week
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its March World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report. This month’s 2016/2017 U.S. corn outlook is for increased corn used to produce ethanol…
White House Says No Changes to RFS
…into the energy and corn markets yesterday. The RFA statement said they received a call from a Trump staffer informing them the order was imminent and would shift the burden…
January Agriculture Prices Report
…corn. Compared with a year earlier, the Prices Received Index is down 2.9 percent. The Crop Production Index decreased 1.5 percent and the Livestock Production Index declined 3.4 percent. In…
Trump Ends WOTUS, Ag Supports Move
…activities. We applaud President Trump for taking this action.” National Corn Growers Association (NCGA): “We appreciate the Trump Administration’s commitment to reducing regulatory burdens for America’s farmers and ranchers,” said…
Mexico Won’t Negotiate New Tariffs in NAFTA
…with 40 other countries and is accelerating trade talks with Brazil and Argentina, two possible sources to replace corn purchases from the United States. Trade officials from Mexico have said…
Largest Ag Producers Changing Crop Protection Plans
…control system in their corn and soybean fields this year. Corn farmers say they’re looking at a 50 percent change in their crop protection products. Several of the nation’s largest…
U.S. Corn a Better Deal for Mexico than Corn from Brazil, Argentina
The CEO of global agribusiness company Bunge Limited says U.S. corn is a better deal for Mexico than corn from Argentina or Brazil. Soren Schroder (shrow-der) says he does not…
Mexico Looking at Argentina, Brazil, for Yellow Corn
…Argentina and Brazil to explore buying yellow corn from the two nations. The trip was attributed to an effort to consider lessening Mexico’s dependence on the United States, according to…
High Fructose Corn Syrup Use Declining in U.S.
Domestic use of high fructose corn syrup continues to fall, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A recent report by the USDA Economic Research Service says use of the…
Rising Demand for Organic and Non-GMO Grains Outpaces U.S. Production
…risen, but domestic production for organic corn and soybeans remains well short of current U.S. demand. Food manufacturers are currently exploring new incentives for U.S. growers to transition to organic…
U.S. Distillers Grains Exports Reached 11.48 Million Metric Tons in 2016
…of total U.S. CGF exports, while Turkey and Israel were other top markets; and Total exports of corn and corn-based ethanol co-products tallied 73 million metric tons in 2016, the…
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…severe drought, leading its feed industry to import U.S. corn for the first time in almost a decade. South Africa uses both yellow corn for animal feed and white corn…