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President Donald Trump signed H.R. 2, the Agriculture Improvement Act, better known as the 2018 Farm Bill, in a ceremony at USDA Thursday afternoon.
A lawsuit claiming Monsanto Co.’s popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer was dealt a blow by a judge’s conclusions that the opinions of the experts testifying against it are “shaky,” a potentially devastating development for the case getting to trial.
As Louisiana gets hit with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Cindy, the Pelican State has already experienced a wet spring, but it hasn’t hurt the corn crop.
BASF and Syngenta are among companies that have submitted preliminary bids for assets that Bayer plans to sell in order to get regulatory approval for its $66 billion takeover of seeds giant Monsanto, according to people familiar with the matter.
Purdue University College of Agriculture developed a website with information they say will provide clarity into these organisms.
Corn planted area for all purposes in 2014 is estimated at 91.6 million acres, while soybean planted area for 2014 is estimated at a record high 84.8 million acres.
See all of the report data, coverage and analysis of USDA’s March 31 Prospective Plantings and Grain Stocks reports.
Traders did an impressive job anticipating March 1 corn stocks.
Firms sees corn acres down from 2013, with cotton, soybean and wheat acreage higher.
Raises its corn and soybean yield estimates from last month.