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Enabling Ag Carbon Credits
After roughly a 10-year quest to get back on the congressional agenda, advocates for farmers and landowners getting paid for…
COVID-19 Ag Related Losses Mount as China Seeks Virus Documentation on Soybeans
Donnelle Eller reported on the front page of Tuesday’s Des Moines Register that, “The Trump administration has sent $4 billion in payments to…
A Wild Ride for Exchange Rates in 2020
In the early weeks of the COVID pandemic, we noted that exchange rates would be an important factor to watch in…
Good-to-Excellent Ratings at 72% for Corn, 70% for Soybeans
The condition of the nation’s corn crop improved slightly last week while soybean conditions dropped slightly, USDA NASS said in…
Nine-Month Corn Harvest, Wet Fields Hamper North Dakota 2020 Planting
It was a rough spring for many farmers in North Dakota after a crippling blizzard affected central and eastern North…
Anticipating June 1 Corn Stocks
The USDA releases the June 1 corn stocks estimate on June 30. Typically, the Acreage report published on the same…
California Still Benefits from Wet 2018-19
Reservoirs still relatively flush from the wet winter of 2018-19 have so far saved California from having to formally declare…
A Closer Look at U.S. Meat Production from USDA’s Economic Research Service
Last week, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released its monthly Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook, which included updated information regarding meat production.…
Q4 Key to China Trade Deal
When U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before Congress earlier this week, he said China had purchased about $10 billion…
Rural Mainstreet Index Climbs for June
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) increased to a weak level from May’s feeble reading. According to the monthly…