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Six Tips for Managing Cover Crops This Spring
A lot of novice cover croppers are heading into this spring, thanks to record prevented planting in 2019. Some cover…
Coronavirus Causing Major Headaches for Container Shippers
Agricultural shippers, including Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance (SSGA) exporters, are feeling the pinch at overseas destinations and here in…
2020 Acreage-Winter Wheat Bats First
With the prevented planting headaches of 2019, many noted that “Mother Nature bats last.” With the 2020 acreage debate coming…
Grain Quality Marks Year for Extreme Caution
Due to the late 2019 harvest, many farmers stored grain at higher-than-recommended moisture levels last fall. That increases the risk…
A Closer Look at Phase 1 Commitments, as Coronavirus “Has Scrambled” the Outlook
Writing recently at the CARD (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) Agricultural Policy Review, from Iowa State University (“The Phase One…
Corn Used for Ethanol Update
On March 2, the latest USDA Grain Crushing report provides an estimate of corn used for ethanol production in January.…
A Brief Look at Spring Flooding Variables
Bloomberg writer Brian K Sullivan reported on Friday that, “For the second year in a row, much of the U.S. is primed to…
Ag Secretary-China Making Progress on Phase-One Trade Deal, Another Round of MFP Unlikely
There was an important two-letter word in President Donald Trump’s tweet last week suggesting there could be a third round…
Coronavirus Concerns
No surgical masks were sighted on the Commodity Classic trade show floor Thursday, but convention center staff were vigilant about…
USDA Announces $100 Million in Funding for Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the department is providing $100 million in competitive grants for infrastructure projects…