…declined from 23 percent to 20 percent over the past 12 months according to bankers. * Farmland prices and agriculture equipment sales continued to decline. The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet…
Farmers Seek Syngenta Lawsuit Settlement Approval
…nation rejected. The lawsuit claims those rejections caused U.S. corn prices to plummet. China later approved the trait for import, and Syngenta denies any wrongdoing in the case. From the…
Agri View: Urban Farming
…requires a small amount of seed, plants, and fertilizer. And, properly managed, it can supply a serious harvest of fresh vegetables otherwise unavailable. Urban farming. Get used to it. That’s…
Final Grape Crush Up Slightly Over Last Season
…2016. Average prices for the 2017 crop by type were as follows: red wine grapes, $965.54, up 5.1 percent from 2016; white wine grapes, $587.73, down 1.8 percent from 2016;…
Business, Farm, Union Groups React to Trump’s Tariffs
…imported steel and aluminum. Higher production costs mean higher prices, making American products more expensive, thereby putting American jobs at risk.” The Farmers for Free Trade Coalition says it expects…
Agri View: Planting by Zodiac Signs
…and the fertilizer he used. Now, you might think this is folk-lore. But, buy yourself a copy of the Old Farmer’s Almanac and give it a try this year. See…
Cap on Conventional Ethanol RINs Will Reduce Biodiesel Market
…we are hopeful that he will stick with his campaign promise and reject a cap on RIN prices,” said Kurt Kovarik, NBB’s vice president of federal affairs. The analysis found…
Ethanol Industry Workers, Veterans Ask Trump To Support RFS
…and Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs). Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has proposed capping RIN prices at 10 cents, potentially in exchange for allowing the year-round sale of E15. “We’ve seen Texas…
Agri View: Meat Prices Increasing
Everett Griner talks about the reasons for meat prices increasing in the grocery store in today’s Agri View. Now the cost you pay for a T-Bone steak, or a chuck…
New Study: RIN Price Cap for E15 RVP Waiver “Deal” Would Cut Ethanol Consumption and Trounce Corn Prices
…retailers to sell the fuel, capping D6 [conventional biofuel] RIN prices would reduce consumption of E15 and E85;” “A cap on D6 RIN prices between $0.10/gal to $0.20/gal would likely…
EPA Unresponsive to Letter on RIN Prices
…that steps are needed to lower RIN prices to help refiners. However, under Democratic and Republican administrations, EPA found that RIN prices don’t determine the success or failure of refiners….
USDA Releases 2018 Planting Estimates
…corn in the overall number of planted acres, with the potential for 91.5 million acres of soybeans in the ground. Soybean prices have rallied recently over South American weather concerns,…
Mexico Buying More Brazilian Corn as NAFTA Negotiations Continue
…with low commodity prices and rising South American competition. U.S. farmers, food processors, and grain traders have spent months trying to make sure relationships don’t fall part if the NAFTA…
How Potential ADM, Bungee Merger Would Impact Farmers
…move won’t move grain prices, however. The speculation of a potential merger between the two grain handling giants continues, while both companies offer little detail or comments regarding a merger….