…planting systems. The technology allows farmers to plant crops like corn, soybeans, and other row crops at twice the speed of a conventional planter. The case had been scheduled for…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…the percentage of respondents expecting lower prices in the April 2016 survey (13 percent). Figure 3. Expectations for December 2017 CBOT corn and November 2017 soybean futures prices between survey…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…the biggest market for U.S. corn ethanol and American exports have swelled in recent months because of a domestic shortfall in production. Brazilian cane farmers have harvested more of their…
Canada/Mexico Doing NAFTA Renegotiations “Together”
…American corn producers are looking on nervously. The Mexican Ag Secretary recently led a tour of his country’s corn importers to Brazil and Argentina as part of a plan to…
Agri View: China and Beef Exports
…China buys a lot of farm goods. Cotton, corn, tree nuts just to name a few. But most people don’t know is China does not import U.S. beef. They have…
Tight Fuel Ethanol Supplies in Brazil Boost U.S. Exports
…so the decline in output has left fuel providers short on supplies. The shortfall in Brazil has led to an increase in ethanol imports from America, where corn is much…
Trump to Renegotiate NAFTA, For Now
…only if the U.S. receives a fair deal in renegotiations. Word of an executive order to terminate NAFTA angered agriculture groups. The National Corn Growers Association denounced the reports, and…
NCGA Urges White House: Don’t Withdraw From NAFTA
…trade partners and allies. This decision will cost America’s farmers and ranchers markets that we will never recover. “NAFTA has been a huge win for American agriculture. Corn and corn…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…in output across districts has been a common feature of Russia’s subsequent agricultural recovery. Since 2000, the South district has increased production of wheat, corn, and sunflower seed while decreasing…
Agri View: Pork Exports to China
…lot of pork. And, most of it will come from the U.S. That is positive for the corn, soybean and pork farmers. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner….
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…North Carolina, hog farmer Bill Northey of Iowa, corn and soybean farmer and secretary, Iowa Department of Agriculture Jose Rojas of Colorado, vice president of farm operations at Hormel Foods…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…and Agriculture; current board member, Western Growers Association James “Cookie” Lamb of North Carolina, hog farmer Bill Northey of Iowa, corn and soybean farmer and secretary, Iowa Department of Agriculture…
Syngenta Corn Lawsuits Underway
…involved claim Syngenta’s selling of a corn trait that was not approved to export to China, and found in shipments of U.S. corn to China, depressed U.S. corn prices and…
AFBF Labor Expert Taking USDA Post
…southeastern Nebraska where her family raised corn and soybeans, according to AFBF. Before joining USDA and AFBF, Boswell practiced corporate defense litigation in Nebraska and worked as a political aide…