…growth in the fourth quarter, consumer spending and a firming housing market are expected to keep supporting the economy. Third quarter soybean exports had increased on a surge in soybean…
Market Rallies Lifting Farmers Spirits
…which was motivated in part by better corn and soybean prices. However, organizers also note the jump in producer sentiment was reflected by fewer respondents with a negative outlook, rather…
Businesses Join Agriculture in Fretting Over Trump Anti-Trade Talks
…soybean and corn imports will be halted. Boeing is the largest U.S. exporter with about 70 percent of its revenue derived from abroad, and China is the company’s biggest customer….
Commodity Classic Announces Registration & Housing Opening Date
…largest farmer-led, farmer-focused convention and trade show, produced by the National Corn Growers Association, American Soybean Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers, and Association of Equipment Manufacturers….
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa, Canola, and Sugarbeets in the United States
by Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo, Seth Wechsler, and Daniel Milkove, USDA Economic Research Service What Is the Issue? Genetically engineered (GE) varieties of corn, soybeans, and cotton with herbicide-tolerant and/or insect-resistant traits…
Agri View: Farm Income Outlook
…and crop prices to even break even this year. Those $7.00 corn and $15.00 soybean prices were 2014. But then according to my latest report prices and net farm income…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…of America’s largest ag mortgage lenders, said the slump will end sometime in 2018, blaming the pending downfall on low farm profits. MetLife expects corn and soybean prices to hit…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
…University of Minnesota research team will scout for soybean pests using unmanned aerial vehicles to read light waves reflected off the soybean foliage. A North Carolina State University team will…
EPA Approves Some Dicamba-Based Herbicides
Monsanto’s new dicamba-based weed killers were approved for use this week by the Environmental Protection Agency. The weed killers are designed for use on next generation biotech soybean and cotton…
Soybean Group Wants TPP Vote in Lame-Duck Session
Now that the elections are wrapped up, Congress will be coming together to set the agenda for their upcoming lame-duck session. The American Soybean Association wants the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…higher to 1,319.7 million. Soybeans: Soybean production is forecast at 4,361 million bushels, up 92 million on higher yields. The soybean yield is projected at a record 52.5 bushels per…
Ag Economy Barometer Dips
…of respondents expect tough financial times over the next year, an 11-point jump from the September survey. Price expectations for corn and soybean between now and next year are mixed….
Agri View: World’s Best
…2,000 acre farm, Dowdy harvested 171.8 bushels of soybeans back in September. That is the highest soybean average in the world. His previous record of corn was set just a…
GMO Article Paints Incomplete Picture
The American Soybean Association (ASA) responded to an article from The New York Times Saturday calling into question the pesticide use and yield data over the 20-year history of GMO…