Lobbying group president says he brokered deal on biofuel law.

Acreage used for soy may exceed corn for first time since 1983.

Near-record ethanol production means more demand for grain.

Grain markets yawned Thursday after the release of the latest supply and demand report from the USDA.

Red locust populations in Zambia are expanding, group says.

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe, which represents the country’s major milling companies, said it wants the government to impose a 40 percent of tariffs on imports of corn and corn meal because its struggling to compete with cheaper South African corn grown from genetically modified seeds.

Kenya has approved the import of 5 million bags, or 450,000 metric tons, of yellow corn from Ukraine as a drought slashes its own output of the grain.

Farmers in Minnesota are starting to get more soybeans and corn harvested after some dry weather.

The latest crop production report has USDA factoring in record corn and soybean crops, even though states like Ohio had weather extremes this growing season.

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