The current World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Corn: Corn production is forecast at 15.057 billion bushels, down 36 million from last month as a lower forecast yield more…
Pacific Region October Crop Production Report
…pecan production forecast is 5.0 million pounds. The corn for grain production forecast is 13.5 million bushels, up 43 percent from 2015; alfalfa hay production forecast is 6.09 million tons,…
RFA Fishing Sponsorship Will Promote Ethanol
…National Corn Growers Association, as well as a handful of state corn grower organizations, including those from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky. Further state corn grower organization support is…
Demand for Brussels sprouts is booming
…much demand in June or July for Brussels sprouts. It was more corn or watermelon.” Bontadelli is a fourth-generation farmer; his father and uncle developed the Brussels-sprout operation in the…
Wheat Import Forecast Trimmed for Egypt
…shortage of foreign currency that has made opening letters of credit more difficult, significantly hampering imports.” But USDA also noted that rising feed demand should boost the nation’s corn imports…
Brazil Opens Market for U.S. Corn Imports
Brazil recently paved the way for imports of U.S. corn following a short corn crop, according to industry sources. Regulators in Brazil last week met and authorized outstanding biotech products…
China Businessman Sentenced Three Years for Stealing Seed Trade Secrets
A businessman from China will serve three years in prison after being caught rummaging through Iowa cornfields to learn trade secrets from U.S. seed corn companies. The Des Moines Register…
New Toolkit for Teachers
…persimmons, pistachios, plums, pomegranates, potatoes, prunes, pumpkins, raspberries, red kidney beans, rice, romaine lettuce, spinach, squash, strawberries, sweet corn, sweet potato, tangerines, tomatoes, turkey, walnuts, watermelon, wheat State products of…
Safety-Net Payments to Farmers
…making payments on a percentage of historical base production, limiting the impact on production decisions. Nationwide, producers enrolled 96 percent of soybean base acres, 91 percent of corn base acres…
U.S. Corn and Soybean Stocks Up from 2015
…up 6 percent from this time in 2015. Off-farm facilities held 1.11 billion bushels of corn, down 2 percent from a year ago. The U.S. corn disappearance totaled 2.97 billion…
NCGA Applauds WRDA House Passage
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) applauded House passage of the Water Resources and Development Act by the U.S. House this week. NCGA First Vice President Wesley Spurlock says the…
Farm Economy Slumping into Fourth Quarter 2016
…to sell at a profit (Charts 4a – 4d). Since 2013, profit margins have dropped precipitously for corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton, and both wheat and corn prices were hovering…
Judge Allows Syngenta Corn Case to Continue as Class Action Suit
…not plant Viptera corn claimed they suffered losses when the rejections disrupted trade and dragged down corn prices. It is estimated by the plaintiffs that U.S. corn producers lost between…
Agri View: American Agriculture
…of this country were farmers. Have you ever wondered what crops they grew? Well, basically the same ones we grow today. The Indians gave us crops like potatoes, corn, tomatoes,…