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Today’s commodity market news. Featuring expert analysis from Michelle Rook, Jerry Gulke and Pro Farmer Editors.
In a letter, President Trump dipping into the industry’s battle with independent oil refiners over whether parts of a federal mandate should be changed.
Nine members of the House of Representatives have pressed U.S. Trade Ambassador Michael Froman to push for reduced tariffs on U.S. energy products including ethanol, according to a letter dated March 21.
First Biorefinery Demonstration Facility, Ethanol Share to Rise by 2035
E85 Sales Shoot Upward in Iowa, Indiana Adds a Facility, From Pennycress to Biodiesel, A Pump First for New Jersey.
Tastes Like Chicken, Ethanol Industry Shifts Sideways, Scientists Support Biodiesel.
USDA’s end-of-March Prospective Plantings report always brings a few surprises. This year will likely be the same.
Everything ended the week down hard as traders took a risk-off attitude toward market positions. Part of the reason was the dollar’s rally, which made even French corn competitive for importers.
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These estimates are based on assumptions for normal weather through September.
Official Day 4 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Official Day 4 results from the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour.
On the western leg of the 2017 Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour, AgDay’s Betsy Jibben found a father and son scout team who saw less than expected corn yields.
Official Day 3 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Tim Gregerson gives the camera a big grin, walks out into the droughty, droopy field of corn and begins to pull ears off stalks.
As yield results start rolling in from the 25th annual Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour, farmers are watching markets in anticipation. Slight shifts from USDA Aug.1 predictions could impact prices.
As Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour scouts make their way into Illinois they’re seeing crop stress, but far less than what they saw in Indiana and Ohio.
Official Day 2 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Official Day 2 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Veteran crop tour scouts Kurt Line and Jarod Creed saw plenty of potential for soybeans along their routes in Nebraska, if Mother Nature will cooperate.
Official Day 1 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
Official Day 1 results from the Farm Journal Midwest Crop Tour.
FMC president says acquisition is “significant step” for business.
Rains were not adequate enough last week to stabilize winter wheat crops in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says the strong El Niño event lingers, with well-above-average sea surface temperatures recorded across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean.
The U.S. ag attache in Brazil says in 2014-15, the country exported a record 32.5 MMT of corn due to a weakening currency, which raised domestic prices. In 2015-16, the attache expects exports of 26.5 MMT, which is up fr