…for wheat,” adding that current market conditions will provide elevators with better returns year-over-year if they are able to purchase the grain. U.S. ending stocks for corn and soybeans in…
USGC, NCGA Reiterate Support for KORUS, NAFTA
…customers and government officials during what they call a period of policy uncertainty in the U.S. corn industry’s top markets. Mexico is the top purchaser of U.S. corn, while South…
Ethanol Applauds EPA RVO Announcement, Biodiesel Disappointed
…agency set a total renewable fuel blending obligation of 19.29 billion gallons next year, maintaining the statutory requirement of 15 billion gallons of conventional biofuel such as corn-based ethanol and…
Some Corn Belt Farmland Values are Stabilizing
Although it’s not region-wide, there are some signs that farmland values in the Corn Belt have begun to stabilize. A Top Producer report says Iowa farmland values rose two percent…
Most Popular Thanksgiving Side Dishes
…you. Coming in 12th place is corn, followed by glazed carrots, candied yams and creamed spinach. Brussel sprouts holds the 8th spot, sweet potato casserole is ranked 7th. Green bean…
China Is The New Top Buyer of American Agricultural Goods
…$140.5 billion, the third-highest on record. Farmers produced another record corn crop and the protein sector continues to expand, so it’s going to take expanded exports to chew through the…
Exploring a World without Food Animals
…high value crops, most of the additional food produced would include high-calorie crops like corn and soybeans. A complete shift away from food animal production would present major challenges to…
Study Says Ethanol Production Creates More Carbon Emissions
…of more than seven million acres into cropland. The Renewable Fuels Association responded to the study, saying the results were “grossly overstated.” The association pointed out that corn production has…
Perdue: U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
…valued at $24 billion. Exports of corn, wheat and cotton all grew as well, with the value of cotton exports climbing 70 percent, to $5.9 billion, wheat exports up 21…
Monsanto, Farm Groups Suing California Over Glyphosate
…Research on Cancer claim in 2015 that glyphosate was “probably carcinogenic.” In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in California, Monsanto and groups representing corn, soy and wheat farmers reject…
Senator Cruz Writes Iowa Governor Over RFS Dispute, Northey Hold
…Cruz tells Reynolds to negotiate a deal that allows corn farmers “to sell much more corn,” but without costing thousands of refinery workers their jobs. From the National Association of…
Farmers Need Trade to Move Record Corn Crop
It’s no secret that American farmers produced another record corn crop, which means overseas market access will be a big key to limiting losses due to depressed corn prices. The…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Grain, Ethanol Markets
…the global middle class grows, so will the opportunities for U.S. exports.” Ehmke says the combination of anemic growth in domestic corn demand and growing competition in the export markets…
USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with Two End-of-Year Surveys
…go to 170,000-row crop producers beginning November 3. Responses are due by January 15, 2018, and NASS will publish county-level results for corn, soybeans, sunflowers, and sorghum on February 22,…