Ted McKinneyAs Sonny Perdue settles into his role as Secretary of Agriculture, there is furious work behind the scene to fill his top management team. Several names have surfaced in media reports, and announcements are expected to come quickly. Indiana Agriculture...
Bower Trading Market Strategy Report: Improving Weather Will Not Impact MarketsDoug WerlingLast week?s USDA report did little to move the market, but Dug Werling, with Bower Trading, said there were some positive things in the numbers, ?One of them was our new crop...
Kron and Perdue talk tradeLast week USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue traveled to Cincinnati and announced major changes to the agency?s structure. Indiana farmers were there to hear about it firsthand. Perdue talked about establishment of a new USDA Undersecretary for...
A tall, lanky, soft-spoken, Washington-based lawyer with an ivy league education is not the kind of person you would imagine as being a major force in raising the price of corn, yet Adam Gustafson is on the front lines of battle for ethanol. A regulatory attorney with...
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would delay implementation of the Pesticide Applicators rule. Missouri Governor Eric Greitens says the action follows his recommendation to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt during a meeting to delay the rule. Greitens...
Finally some drydown conditionsThere is finally good news for Indiana farmers in the new Seed Consultants planting forecast. A period of dry weather, and some warmer conditions too, is starting to take hold. How long will that dry window last after on and off rains...
After a lengthy confirmation process, the U.S. Senate gave the nod to Robert Lighthizer on Thursday to serve as U.S. Trade Representative for President Donald Trump. The Senate approved Lighthizer 82-14, giving the Trump administration its final trade voice needed to...
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue?s announcement of a USDA Undersecretary for Trade was met with open arms by farm groups. He made the announcement to the public during a tour of a grain shipping facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday afternoon.A group of Indiana...
Suderman May report reactionThe USDA May crop report contained nothing to move the market needle. That was one of the takeaways for Arlan Suderman, Chief Commodities Economist for INTL FCStone Wednesday afternoon. The futures markets didn?t do a lot after the report...
The monthly World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report by the Department of Agriculture released Wednesday predicts a U.S. corn crop of 14.06 billion bushels, down 1.08 billion from last year. The monthly report is also projecting a U.S. soybean crop of 4.25...
