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Texas Corn Crop Expected to Set Record in 2020
Texas corn producers face a 2020 that could provide price opportunity ahead of what is shaping up to be a…
U.S. Dairy Consumption Trends in 9 Charts
The recent bankruptcies of dairy processors Dean Foods and Borden Dairy highlighted challenges within the dairy industry. Downward trends in dairy consumption, mainly milk, was frequently…
Progress on U.S.-China Phase One agreement
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced today that China has taken numerous…
The 2020 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA’s Chief Economist
Speaking on Thursday at USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum in Arlington, Virginia, USDA Chief Economist Robert C. Johansson provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture.…
Corn Prices-Farmer Holding and the Coronavirus
Old crop corn basis and futures spreads continue to signal a smaller crop scenario than the price levels in the…
More Farmers Convert to Organic in 2019, Beat Forecasts
U.S. farmers harvested nearly 3.3 million acres of certified organic field crops in 2019, driven by 14% more organic field…
Canadian Ag Minister Reports Country Will Sign USMCA Agreement Soon
Canadian Minister of Agriculture Marie-Claude Bibeau says the country will ratify the US Mexico Canada Agreement soon. “We are going…
Despite Tough Year in Biofuels, Few Plants Changed Hands Last Year
Despite the biofuels industry operating on thin margins and dealing with federal policy uncertainty in 2019, the number of mergers…
Record Production, Exports Forecast for Beef, Pork, Broilers
USDA is forecasting bullish export sales for beef, pork and poultry in 2020 and record production again in red meat…
Ag Law Experts Weigh In On Dicamba Lawsuits-USDA Committee Recommends Dicamba Non-renewal
In the space of a day, fallout from Bayer and BASF’s dicamba-resistant technologies shifted from an amalgam of thousands of…