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Ethanol Output Highest in Three Months, Stockpiles at Lowest Since January 2017
Ethanol production rose for the eight straight week to the highest level in almost three months, while inventories dropped to…
Farm Credit Head: System Safe, Sound
Smith Tells House Committee Overall Strength of Economy Helps Farmers Though agriculture is experiencing pressures on a number of fronts,…
United States and South Korea Reach Agreement on Guaranteed Market Access for American Rice
United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue are pleased to announce that the Trump…
Projected Net Incomes on Illinois Grain Farms in 2019 and 2020
Due to lower corn and soybean yields, 2019 net farm incomes on Illinois grain farms are projected to decline more…
Cellulosic Production Idled
Citing EPA Decisions, POET-DSM Converting Cellulose Plant to Research, Development In another response to EPA’s actions regarding the Renewable Fuel…
USDA to survey row crop acreage, production
USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service will soon survey producers in Iowa and other states for its annual County Agricultural Production…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
The U.S. soybean harvest has entered the home stretch, while about a quarter of the corn crop remains to be…
2019 Beet Harvest Over-Frozen Sugarbeets Left to Rot in Upper Midwest
The 2019 sugarbeet harvest in the Red River Valley ended on Nov. 9 when American Crystal Sugar Company (ACSC) was…
Soybean Crush Prospects
The release of the NOPA soybean crush estimates last Friday indicated crush levels picked up substantially in October. Driven by…
Disaster Avoided? Reviewing the 2019 Grain Ending Stocks Situation
Grain markets in 2019 had a familiar feel – a late June rally that faded as concerns about the U.S.…