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Farmers probably would like to forget the 2019 rice crop, which has been plagued by low yields. Bad weather from the start […]

June’s 2019/20 U.S. corn outlook is for increased beginning stocks and imports, sharply lower production, reduced feed and residual use and exports, and smaller ending stocks.

Near term 2019 and likely into 2020 leaves grain, rice, cotton, and many other commodity producers concerned about ongoing cash flow deficits.

U.S. wheat and rice farmers WTO victory over China could be short-lived because the Trump administration has made it harder for the WTO to resolve major trade cases.

Slower global growth, coupled with record global production and record global total supplies, are depressing global rice prices.

The U.S. rice industry calls China the 800 pound gorilla for the industry, and a market barrier it’s been trying to break for decades.

The nation’s soybean harvest picked up speed last week, while the percentage of corn harvested ended the week equal to the five-year average.

As of Sunday, Sept. 23, 16% of corn was harvested, 6 percentage points ahead of last year’s pace of 10% and 5 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

Even after the Hurricane Gordon rains the rice still largely looks okay. Now the challenge is having a stretch of drier weather long enough to get the crop out.

The September 12 WASDE report forecast the second largest corn crop on record and record soybeans yields, leading to higher ending stock projections for both crops.