Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittBuilding Demand Top Priority for all of AgricultureThe key to improving prices and profits for both grain and livestock producers is increasing demand. U.S. exports of grain and soybeans continues to lag. A sluggish world economy and...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittCrude oil prices rose on Thursday to their highest in three weeks on hopes for a pact among oil producers to cut output, while the dollar slipped on bets that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve would be more gradual than it has...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayA circuit court this week denied the Environmental Protection Agency’s motion to vacate the registration for Dow AgroScience’s Enlist Duo herbicide. The EPA filed a petition last fall to vacate the label, which contains...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Hoosier Ag TodayThe majority of beef producers say they approve of the Beef Checkoff Program. A recent survey found three out of four producers, or 76 percent, support the checkoff. The random survey of 1,200 beef and dairy producers nationwide...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittThe World Bank has slashed its forecast for crude oil prices by $14 to $37 per barrel for 2016, it said on Tuesday, amid growing supply and weak demand prospects from emerging markets. In its annual Commodity Markets Outlook, the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittWhile equipment sales are down, DTN reports some farm machinery dealers are turning to leasing equipment to fill the sales gap. Dealership inventories of new equipment remains high with 37 percent of dealers reporting used inventory too...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankMcConnell on energy billThe U.S. Senate will soon take up its first comprehensive energy bill in eight years and it is important legislation for the energy-intensive agriculture sector. The bipartisan Energy Policy Modernization Act...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittUS consumers used a record of nearly 2.1 billion gallons of biodiesel in 2015, according to the National Biodiesel Board. Kicking off the 2016 Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Tampa, Florida, Monday, industry leaders released the...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Gary TruittBeck’s is pleased to announce the purchase of the former Syngenta production facility in Paris, Ill., for the use of corn production and processing. The fully operational site in Edgar County will provide Beck’s with...
Hoosier Ag Today by: Andy EubankEthanol misinformationBob DinneenThe 2016 presidential campaign’s Iowa kickoff is almost here, and with the Hawkeye state the center of attention in the race so too is ethanol and the Renewable Fuel Standard, but there has been...
