…the RFS, the model found corn prices would average just $2.75 per bushel in 2015, far below the cost of production. However, with the RFS in place, corn prices averaged…
Lighthizer: NAFTA Costing Jobs, Failing Americans
…businesses that have closed or moved because of incentives — intended or not — in the current agreement.” Although Americans send billions of dollars in corn, soybeans, and poultry across…
Cotton Board Holds Annual Meeting
…on over 5,000 acres in Pointe Coupee Parish for the last 30 years. In addition to cotton, his crops include corn, soybeans, wheat, sugar cane, pecans, crawfish, and timber. He…
U.S. Feed Grain and Ethanol Exports Up
…year-over-year to 49.9 million tons (1.96 billion bushels), already exceeding export totals for the last five marketing years. U.S. corn exports to Japan, the traditional top customer of U.S. corn,…
Wall Street Journal Names Agriculture a NAFTA Issue to Watch
…process. Noting that corn, beef and pork producers are happy with the current NAFTA, The Wall Street Journal points out that disagreements over agriculture can quickly turn bitter in trade…
Farm Machinery Stocks Drop After USDA Reports
…All crop yields except corn have collectively increased since 2016, according to the USDA report Thursday. While corn production dropped seven percent from 2016, soybean production rose two percent, cotton…
Farm Labor Shortage May Drive Produce Prices Higher
…other crops because it’s much harder to preserve, especially compared to commodities like corn and grain. California lettuce farmers were actually hit hard by those spring rains that ended the…
August USDA WASDE Report Released
…Corn production is forecast at 14.2 billion bushels, down 102 million from the July projection. The season’s first survey-based corn yield forecast, at 169.5 bushels per acre, is 1.2 bushels…
USDA Reports Preview
…USDA baseline. Pro Farmer’s Brian Grete says corn yield will likely be in the mid-160 range. The Gulke Group’s Jerry Gulke says the likely corn yield estimate will be near…
Western View: Teosinte and GMO Foods
…just stretched out over hundreds of years. Eventually maize became corn. Today’s corn has been even more improved, with better yields, better cobs, many more uses. Corn is not alone…
USDA NASS: Cropland Values Stable
…on farms, averaged $3,080 per acre for 2017, up $70 per acre, or 2.3 percent, from 2016 values. The highest farm real estate values were in the Corn Belt region…
Organic Family Farmers Need Strong Standards and Enforcement
…Dairy, has not complied with the Organic Access to Pasture rule. Johnson also mentioned imports of corn and soybeans from eastern Europe that were fraudulently labeled “organic.” Johnson says U.S….
Farmers Indicate Higher Outlook on Farm Economy
…early summer market activity. Wheat futures prices, driven by drought conditions in the Northern Great Plains, have been the most active, but uncertainty about the corn and soybean growing seasons…
Brazil, U.S., Set for Corn Selling Showdown
…corn exports as Brazil is in the middle of collecting the nation’s biggest corn harvest ever, and U.S. supplies remain plentiful from last years’ record harvest. Bloomberg says those conditions…