A report by a Farm Credit Administration economist told the Administration?s board members last week that the current downturn in the farm economy is not likely to reach a 1980s-style crisis. Farm Credit chief economist Stephen Gabriel said the ?likelihood of this is...
The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing on its Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations August first. The hearing, to be held in Washington, D.C., will take public comment on the 2018 renewable volume obligations, along with the 2019 RVO for...
Brazil?s minister of agriculture will meet with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Monday in an attempt to resume fresh beef exports to the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture halted beef imports from Brazil last month because of recurring concerns...
New CountryMark technologyCountryMark celebrated a new technology investment this week in Mount Vernon, an investment of nearly half a million dollars. CEO Charlie Smith explains the new biodiesel rack injection system.?In Mount Vernon we continue to have a splash...
Means testing measures like adjusted gross income (AGI) limits would have unintended consequences for all farmers and be detrimental to the long?term viability of crop insurance, warns Rodney Weinzierl, executive director of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, in a...
Indiana crops turning betterIndiana weather has been hard on crops this year but one agronomist based in the state is thinking positive thoughts. Kirby Bacon says many fields are improving a little bit after overcoming problems like seedling blight right from the...
USDA July reportsUSDA released the July crop production and supply and demand reports Wednesday, and yes, there was some market reaction after the bearish report. The average trade estimate for 2016/17 corn ending stocks was 2.303 billion bushels while the actual...
A Chinese investment fund has paid $1.1 billion to purchase Dow Chemical Company?s corn seed business in Brazil, a move Reuters calls a further sign of China?s fast-expanding role in the global seed sector. The assets, which generated revenue of about $287 million in...
Nebraska Agriculture Director Greg Ibach is said to be in the running for a top post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Politico reports that several unnamed sources say Ibach is being considered, which would put yet another Midwestern farmer at the top of the...
Indiana rains continueWeather is dominating the agriculture markets right now, and there could be a brief interruption in that theme following Wednesday?s July crop production report from USDA. But Arlan Suderman with INTL FC Stone doesn?t expect a market shock from...
