The U.S. Department of Agriculture?s WASDE report released today has corn production forecasted at 14.280 billion bushels, up 96 million from last month. Corn supply remains unchanged despite yield again being raised by almost a bushel to 171.8. The yield increase was...
NAFTA-withdrawal-possibilitiesThe fourth round of negotiations for the North American Free Trade agreement is underway, and American, Mexican, and Canadian negotiators are entering some of the more difficult subject matter. International Trade and Customs Attorney Dan...
Talladega Motor Speedway will once again be the home of ?the big one? on Oct. 13-15, only this time it will be the National Corn Growers Association conducting their largest American Ethanol NASCAR promotion to date, not the seemingly inevitable fast racing and wrecks...
The Department of Agriculture announced this week that it would process many pending eligible offers for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program. USDA also announced it would suspend accepting most new offers until later in the 2018 fiscal year. All current,...
A new report suggests the Department of Agriculture should develop a new system for gathering information for crop reports and other surveys. USDA contracted with the National Academy of Sciences three years ago to audit how USDA?s National Agricultural Statistics...
FB-joins-Farmers-for-Free-TradeZippy DuvallThe non-profit and bi-partisan group Farmers for Free Trade is an organization dedicated to supporting and expanding export opportunities for American farms and ranches. An important voice joined the group Tuesday. American...
Will Corn Beat First Frost?Rod KingCorn harvesting in Indiana continues to run behind the average pace, while the soybean harvest is nearing the halfway mark. Late planting dates and a long growing season with fewer than average growing degree units have made harvest...
Growth Energy says more than 1,000 fuel stations throughout the U.S. are now offering E15 fuels, more than doubling the number of stations from the same time last year. Growth in the availability of the 15 percent ethanol blend is ?a testament to the value E15 brings...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue welcomed two leaders to his staff at the Department of Agriculture Tuesday. Perdue swore in Steve Censky as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and Ted McKinney as USDA?s new Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign...
Monsanto-Fund-signup-for-2018Over $26 million to over 8,000 non-profit organizations since 2010. That?s the national total for the America?s Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund. In Indiana alone, local community non-profits have been...
