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...
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Better Yields in Indiana also Contribute to Harvest Pressure
Indiana-yields-also-better-than-expectedEarly harvest reports have a common theme this year, better than expected. And that generalization is applying harvest pressure on the futures market. In Indiana it has been soybean harvest that is at full throttle, but can the...
Lock Failures Close Ohio River
The Ohio River was closed Monday following lock failures near Brookport, Illinois. The Waterways Council says more than 65 towboats laden with harvest season grain and other commodities were backed up ?like a massive truck wreck along an interstate corridor.? The...
Agricultural Groups Support Farm Guestworker Bill
Agricultural groups are expressing support for the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017. The bill would create an H-2C visa program that will allow American farmers and, packers and processors access to a legal and stable supply of workers. The National Chicken...
Senate Agriculture Committee Sends Nominees Censky, McKinney to Full Senate
Senate Ag Committee Chairman Pat RobertsU.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., today announced the Committee voted to favorably report nominees Stephen Censky, of...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Finally, Friendly Numbers from USDA
Finally, Friendly Numbers from USDAFriday?s quarterly stocks report was friendly to corn and soybean prices, and futures closed higher on Friday. After two consecutive bearish reports from USDA, the market was very apprehensive about what would be in the Friday...
Gluten Free Wheat Near Reality
Researchers in Europe are close to creating a gluten-free bread. A team of scientists using CRISPR gene-editing technology has found a way to reduce the number of gluten proteins in an individual wheat kernel. In doing so, they were able to create a plant that could...
Commentary: What Are We Going To Do With All This Grain?
What Are We Going To Do With All This Grain?When the USDA projected a whopping big corn and soybean crop for 2017 in August, most farmers and those in the grain trade scoffed. Very few really believed that yields were going to be that good. As the combines have...
McKinney Vote Finally Set for Monday
The Senate Ag Committee will at long last take a vote to confirm Ted McKinney as Under Secretary of Agriculture. Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow have announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to consider the nominations of...
No Disruptions Forecast in Indiana Harvest Weather
No Disruptions Forecast in Indiana Harvest WeatherRyan MartinHot and dry has been the harvest forecast so far this fall, and the next week continues to look very dry. HAT meteorologist Ryan Martin says the next week has very little chance of a harvest interruption, ?...