Corn
U.S. Farm Report is on the road from the Cedar Rapids Celebration of Agriculture.
For 2019, USDA predicts U.S. farmers will plant 92 million acres of corn, which is a 3.3% jump from last year. Alternatively, farmers will plant 85 million acres of soybeans, which is down 4.7% from last year.
The partial U.S. government shutdown is closing out day 21, and is now tied for the longest government closure ever. No USDA major USDA reports means the trade is in the dark, and it could be a detriment to agriculture.
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is asking USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue to change rates for the second round of Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments.
Bayer subsidiary Climate Corporation recently announced an agreement with Farmer’s Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) to connect field data to FMH for crop insurance reporting.
A federal safety agency has proposed fining a company in connection with the death of an employee who was working in a Hall County cornfield.
Expanding to seven states and eight FFA chapters, Mycogen is entering the second year of its “Turn the Bag Blue and Gold” FFA program.
A new seed treatment designed to keep birds away from freshly planted fields has received regulatory approval. Arkion life Science LLC.
Two Iowa ethanol plants owned by Green Plains will stop production, according to a report by Reuters.
Brazil’s production of corn-based ethanol is set to exceed the 1-billion liter mark for the first time ever. That’s still just a small fraction of the South American nation’s 31-billion liter biofuel market,