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The 2020 Corn Yield Guide
Earlier this month, the USDA issued its first balance sheet estimates for the 2020/2021 marketing year. For corn, production came…
Texas Crop and Weather Report
Cotton producers face an uncertain market future as demand for cotton and cotton products, like apparel, tumbled due to COVID-19…
View From the Cab
The word “distancing” is fraught with meaning this spring, but space between fields offers a way to manage some weather…
USDA Invests $281 Million in Rural Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Bette Brand today announced that the department is investing $281…
Row-Crop Planting Slows, But Remains Ahead of Average Pace
Wet weather slowed fieldwork in some parts of the country last week, but corn and soybean planting progress nationwide remained…
Corn Prices Range-Bound or Down?
July corn futures prices hovered between $3.15 and $3.25 since late April. Corn prices continue to stay within a relatively…
FSA Expands Set-aside Loan Provision
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) will broaden the use of the Disaster Set-Aside (DSA) loan provision, normally used in the…
COVID-19 Impacts on Livestock Markets Persist, While Fed Says Ag Sector “Under Severe Stress”
Recent news articles continue to highlight the ripple effects COVID-19 is having on some aspects of the U.S. livestock market.…
H-2A Worker Positions Increased Fivefold Between Fiscal 2005 and 2019
The H-2A Temporary Agricultural Program provides a legal means to bring foreign-born workers into the United States on a temporary…
Ag Sales to China Tick Upward
China is increasing its purchases of key U.S. agricultural commodities even as political rhetoric between the two countries ramps up,…