Corn
In the Trump Administration’s final hours, the EPA granted two small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) and appears to have reversed a previous denial.
Depending on what stage of the crop’s lifecycle the weeds emerge, growers could see weaker, suppressed weeds that don’t steal as much yield, or strong, huge weeds that wreak havoc.
By now, you’re familiar with the idea of the 4 Rs of nitrogen. Is it worth the hype? Test plots indicate these factors, combined with specific hybrid characteristics can have huge yield implications.
While summer annuals steal the spotlight in most cases, it’s important you don’t sleep on winter annual weeds. Early-season corn and soybean plants can suffer when winter annuals are left unchecked, reducing yield.
With only days left in office, the renewable fuels industry expects the current EPA to announce a portion of small refinery exemptions for 2019. However, Growth Energy says it’s doing everything it can to stop it.
Analysts say the trade expected a bullish USDA report. With minimal changes, traders sold the market and commodity prices dropped.
In a matter of a few short years, you can undo more than 100 years of work. How? For each 1” of topsoil that is eroded, it takes at least 100 years to regenerate.
With just eight days left in EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s term, RFA president and CEO Geoff Cooper weighs in on worst-case scenarios and his optimism about the new administration.
Final 2020 crop numbers from USDA put the overall corn crop at 14.2 billion bushels and soybeans at 4.14 billion bushels, both below trade expectations.
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