…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,…
Record Corn Yield Underscores RFS Success
…means the 2017 corn crop would be 14.6 billion bushels, nearly 300 million bushels larger than expected just last month. “In 2005, the year the RFS was enacted, corn yield…
USDA Invests in Integrated Pest Management for Increased Production
…Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, $325,000 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, $199,966 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, $199,532 Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, $325,000 Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, $324,999 Washington…
Grain Exports Provide $55.5 Billion in Economic Output
…the rural communities they live in, and the nation as a whole. Research commissioned by the U.S. Grains Council and the National Corn Growers Association provided concrete numbers to the…
NIFA to Invest in Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
…2018. Please see the BRAG request for applications for details. In previous BRAG projects, University of Tennessee researchers measured armyworm resistance to genetically engineered corn and cotton varieties with genes…