USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure seed companies and other input suppliers are not using their market power and current conditions to raise prices unfairly.
With a forecast for one more week of hot and dry weather conditions and then a shift to more rain, Argentina’s crop stress might be near the peak, according to World Weather Inc.
In front of the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, the biofuels industry stressed the importance of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to a clean energy policy.
China can reduce its soybean demand by 30 MMT by continuing to promote lower soymeal rations in feed and using alternative proteins, the official Xinhua news agency reported, citing unnamed agriculture officials.
Members of the National Oilseed Processor Association (NOPA) crushed 182.2 million bu. of soybeans in January, down 4.2 million bu. from the December record . . .
Crop insurance price guarantees might be higher than last year for corn and soybeans, according to USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer at the Crop Insurance Convention.
