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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Weekly Export Inspections Report highlights.
Cancellations are not a surprise given ongoing issues with unapproved GMO varieties.
FOMC announces additional $10-billion-per-month reduction in asset-purchases.
Jamie Walter, CEO and president of Whiskey Acres, was in search of ways to diversify his family’s 2,000-acre corn and soybean operation when inspiration hit: What if they used their grain as a feature ingredient in premium spirits such as vodka, whiskey and bourbon? In 2011, they decided to see if they could make an on-farm distillery work.
Records are made to be broken, and the record for high-yielding corn has been broken once again, according to the National Corn Growers Association 2015 National Corn Yield Contest results.
Cases claim the company caused losses by marketing MIR162 before Chinese approval
A refinery designed to make ethanol from cornstalks, leaves and cobs — not the grain itself — opened Friday in central Iowa, the culmination of a $225 million construction project and millions more invested in its engineering and design.
Behind a palace so colorful and rich in history is one lone grower.
Bernie Sanders’ admiration for corn-based fuel is winning him some praise in unusual places.
The market is bracing for a slight reduction in USDA’s corn yield estimate in Friday’s crop production report with disappointing yield reports already coming in from southern corn-producing states.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., the world’s largest processor of corn, posted second-quarter earnings and sales that missed analysts’ estimates after a decline in ethanol margins and crop export volumes.
A seed production company says about two dozen of its corn detasselers were sprayed with fungicide from a crop duster working on a neighboring western Indiana field.
Mother Nature is giving farmers a run for their money this year, but, thankfully, there’s a growing crop to tend to in most areas.
Understand nitrogen loss, timing and placement to build the foundation for high yields
Monsanto releases Warrant Ultra.
Dow sells first Enlist Duo herbicide in U.S.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that Houston Wall pleaded guilty to the federal misdemeanor of misbranding products in interstate commerce for claiming in 2010 that crops of corn were organic
Insect resistance is a serious threat,and scientists are hard at work on the next solutions.
Bird flu worries began to infect the commodity markets Tuesday after the news spread that an Iowa egg-laying operation would need to destroy millions of hens due to the virus.
Black Sea crops are enjoying near-perfect conditions and Europe is holding its breath for a decision from Russia regarding its export taxes. Odds increasingly favor their removal.
A flock of 175,000 chickens in Minnesota, the first in the state, was confirmed to have the highly contagious variety of avian influenza. USDA also confirmed additional cases for turkey flocks in Minnesota and one in Wisconsin.
South Africa is aggressively seeking new markets for its grains in the Middle East and Asia. This year’s corn crop shrank due to drought and transportation infrastructure needs improvement but the nation places high value on trade as a route to for food security.
With so many potential deals in the works, now is a good time for producers to review the opportunities and challenges posed by agricultural cooperation on a worldwide scale.
A nationally televised show recreates the near-tragedy of a farmer trapped in a silo of corn.
This past Saturday while much of the nation was tuning into the epic Final Four matchup between Wisconsin and Kentucky, there was another nail biter on television playing out in an Iowa grain bin.
The Longleys have been in the farming business for four generations, and they’ve never had a woman running their operation. Until now.
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.
Japan Cuts Feed-Wheat Purchasing Plan as Demand Shifts to Corn
Corn, beans and wheat all fell, as did lean hogs and feeder cattle, while live cattle eked out some gains.
Spring planting will not be business as usual in Ukraine. The loss of acreage there may well open the door to more U.S. exports. This is a first-hand account from a Ukrainian ag journalist.