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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
The percentage of U.S. corn and soybeans harvested moved ahead by double digits again last week but remained the furthest…
Wet Spring and Fall Complicating 2019 Harvest, and Could Impact 2020 Planting-Compounding Difficulties
Grace Zaplatynsky reported on Friday at the Globe Gazette (Mason City, Iowa) Online that, “This year has not been the greatest…
Three Wheat Growers Top 200 BPA in National Yield Contest
It was another record-setting year for the National Wheat Yield Contest, which announced its 2019 winners Tuesday. Three winners topped…
No. 1 Milk Company Declares Bankruptcy
Dean Foods, America’s biggest milk processor, filed for bankruptcy Tuesday amid a steep, decades-long drop-off in U.S. milk consumption blamed…
Farmer Mac Economist Says Severity of Farm Bankruptcies Is Overstated
Chapter 12 bankruptcies are on the increase. But an ag economist says that statistic needs to be put into perspective.…
Roll Back of Tariffs Stymie Phase One Trade Talks with China
Josh Zumbrun, William Mauldin and Chao Deng reported on the front page of Friday’s Wall Street Journal that, “Beijing’s announcement Thursday that…
As Harvest Drags On, Producers Reminded to Cool Stored Grain
Many Midwest farmers faced a late-planting season with the added headache of poor summer growing weather, excessive rainfall and in…
ABA, Famer Mac Ag Lender Survey Reveals Top Issues for 2020
As the farm economy continues to work through a prolonged downturn, credit quality and the deterioration of agricultural loans remains…
Busts Highlight Growing Confusion Over Hemp
Industrial hemp looks and smells an awful lot like that other cannabis – marijuana The CBD craze might be leaving…
Will Corn Exports Recover?
Despite the corn crop dropping by 118 million bushels in last Friday’s WASDE report, a 100 million bushel reduction in…