…prompt the nation to engage with the United States. The trade war is shifting agricultural markets and where China is sourcing commodities such as soybeans. However, the low price of…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…four-fold under the agreement. Mexico is now the second largest export market for U.S. soybeans and meal. Additionally, roughly $43 billion of agriculture products are exported to Canada and Mexico…
Bipartisan Support for Biodiesel Tax Incentive Extension
…they’ll have access to other markets.” The NBB says biodiesel adds value to every bushel of soybeans and provides a market for the growing surplus of soy oil. A multi-year…
September USDA Stocks Report Bearish
The USDA reported larger than expected inventories of corn, soybeans, and wheat in its September 1st Stocks Report, which analysts call bearish for the markets. The corn supplies came in…
Cargill CEO Concerned with Long-Term Health of Ag in Trade Dispute
…a long-term dispute with China could squeeze the U.S. out as China turns to other sellers of soybeans, as the nation is doing now. Soybean prices are near the lowest…
American Farm Bureau Encouraged by Korea Trade Agreement
…relationship that greatly benefits America’s farmers and ranchers. South Korea bought $6.9 billion worth of U.S. agricultural goods last year, making it our sixth-largest export market. “Whether it’s corn, soybeans…
Agri View: Another Nematode
…is a plant pathogen that is highly reproductive commonly found in cotton and soybeans. It also thrives in specialty crops like sugarcane and sweet potatoes. I mention these crops because…
China Sets More Tariffs on U.S. Food and Ag Imports
…groups weren’t happy with Trump’s decision to take things further. “As we head into the 2018 harvest season for corn and soybeans out here in Iowa, this escalation of the…
Agri View: Tariff War
…been most affected. First, it was soybeans and wine. Now there is hardly any farm product not affected. The latest list I saw included dairy and poultry products. It is…
Farm Bureau Details Trade, Tariff Impacts on Agriculture
…now to the fifth largest in 2019. With plummeting Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans tagged with a 25 percent tariff, USDA in August projected the average soybean price would range…
2019 Farmland Rental Rates Expected Steady with 2018
…for the most part. The company notes that despite current low grain prices, many farmers had the opportunity to forward price corn and soybeans at similar or better prices than…
Agri View: River Barge Traffic
…as trade issues linger. It seems these barges that are tied up instead of moving farm goods. That’s not good. Many of those barges are loaded with soybeans and other…
Roberts, Stabenow Announce Ag Trade Hearing
…production levels that must be certified and provided to USDA. For soybeans, that’s $1.65 a bushel, for 50 percent of production. For corn, it’s a one cent per-bushel payment, for…
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
…Rate Est. Initial Payment** (in $1,000s) Cotton $0.06 / lb. $276,900 Corn $0.01 / bu. $96,000 Dairy (milk) $0.12 / cwt. $127,400 Pork (hogs) $8.00 / head $290,300 Soybeans $1.65…