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Hear market analysis on the March 3 USDA reports.
The latest supply and demand estimates.
Projected U.S. feed grain production for 2010/11 is unchanged, but smaller carryin for corn, sorghum, and barley is expected to reduce domestic feed grain supplies.
The Trump administration on Tuesday advanced a plan meant to expand the U.S. market for corn-based ethanol and place trading restrictions on credits that refiners use to prove they are using biofuel.
For 2019, USDA predicts U.S. farmers will plant 92 million acres of corn, which is a 3.3% jump from last year. Alternatively, farmers will plant 85 million acres of soybeans, which is down 4.7% from last year.
The partial U.S. government shutdown is closing out day 21, and is now tied for the longest government closure ever. No USDA major USDA reports means the trade is in the dark, and it could be a detriment to agriculture.
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is asking USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to change rates for the second round of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments.
The June USDA Acreage report shows corn and soybeans both down 1 percent from last year while all wheat and all cotton are both up in planted acres.