As is usually the case, Brazil produced a large soybean crop this year. The country has been exporting a lot of soybeans but has reached the point at which they do not have many soybeans left to ship. A new report says that Brazil hit a new soybean export record in...
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue talked on Wednesday about the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations, saying he is ?somewhat disappointed? with the pace of the talks. Perdue tried to offer hope to U.S. farmers by saying there?s a potential for serious...
Ian Klein, Spero Energy senior scientist, holds a vial of renewable, biobased chelates that could be used to increase crop production and yields. (Photo provided by Spero Energy)Today, most farmers use chemical-based crop protection products to improve plant health...
Consumers will soon see a 50/50 beef-bacon burger on store shelves. Coastal Ltd. has secured a licensing agreement with Jensen Meat Company to bring the Slater?s 50/50 burger to the grocery store. Slater?s 50/50, a Southern California restaurant chain, takes its name...
East-central-Indiana-harvest-reportNear Richmond, Indiana in the central part of the state?s eastern border, soybean harvest is well underway but not a lot of corn has been harvested yet. Some reports on those bean yields are a little underwhelming, but early corn...
Ted McKinneyAfter months of waiting, Ted McKinney, Director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, can finally assume his new position as the U.S. Agriculture Department?s first Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. Steve Censky was also...
A committee vote is planned Wednesday for the agriculture guestworker revamp bill in the House of Representatives. Virginia Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte introduced the bill on Monday and vowed to push for a ?tight timetable.? The bill would essentially...
Delays along the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are causing a backlog for grain shippers. The St Louis Post-Dispatch says low river levels and back-ups at aging locks have slowed navigation on the Mississippi and its tributaries, driving up the cost of hauling Midwestern...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today announced that over $9.6 billion in payments will be made, beginning this week, to producers through the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and Conservation Reserve (CRP) programs. The United States...
Producers? optimism about the future of the agricultural economy fell in September, according to the Index of Future Expectations, a sub-index of the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. The overall barometer held steady from August to September with a...
