…of the most promising commodities in the year ahead. Coble addressed the outlooks for many of the major commodities, including corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and rice, predicting very little change….
NAFTA Withdraw Threats Put Transportation Jobs in Jeopardy
…head to New Orleans, and boards cargo ships destined for Mexico, among other locations. Mexico imported $3.6 billion of wheat, corn and other cereal grains from the United States last…
KORUS Talks Set for Washington This Week
…third largest importer of U.S. corn during the latest marketing year, and is currently the fifth largest U.S. agricultural export market. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USGC Report Says U.S. Corn Harvest Quality was Excellent
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) issued a report on this year’s corn harvest quality, saying a good growing season resulted in record yields that had very good quality. The report…
Purdue Releases 2018 Ag Economic Sector Forecasts
…aspects covered include cash rents, farmland values, and the price outlook for corn and soybeans. Professor Craig Dobbins says that reducing input costs has been a priority for farmers since…
EPA to Finalize WOTUS Repeal in April
…AFBF has been calling on the EPA to “ditch the rule” since it was proposed during the Obama administration. National Corn Growers Association public policy director Ethan Matthews has previously…
USDA Seeks Applications for $10 Million in Conservation Innovation Grants
…Conservation Districts evaluated year-by-year changes in corn and soybean farmer income during a multi-state, three-year study, that determined soil health practices such as cover crops and no-till can result in…
Report Outlines BayerAG-Monsanto Merger Impact
…of the global market for corn seeds, roughly 28 percent of the global soybean market, almost 70 percent of the global cotton-seed market and up to 69 percent of U.S….
Oil and Ethanol Supporters Get Together to Talk RFS
…Joni Ernst, and Deb Fischer were there to represent corn states. Staffers for Senators Ted Cruz and Pat Toomey were there to make a case for refiners. Oklahoma Senator Jim…
USDA Predicts Less Corn in Storage in Latest WASDE
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released Tuesday by the Department of Agriculture predicts lower corn stocks. USDA predicts that about 2.43 billion bushels of corn…
USDA Ends Prevented Planting +10 Percent Option
…coverage factors for some crops last spring, which included lowering the coverage factor for corn from 60 percent to 55 percent. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Corn Market May Need Disruption
…Omaha-World Herald there is nothing on the horizon to increase corn prices, unless something disrupts the market. A disruption of the corn market means, generally, some form of natural disaster,…
Can Corn and Oil Live Together?
…Inhofe and Senator John Cornyn of Texas have already begun working with corn-state senators on a possible compromise. In the meantime, Texas Senator Ted Cruz is still holding up the…
China Needs More Corn to Meet Fuel Mandate
To meet a fuel blend requirement, China must import more corn, according to industry analysts. A Stewart Peterson advisor tells Farm Journal’s AgDay that China will need to import “an…