Month: September 2018

Two of the United States’ top ag trade officials were in Omaha Monday for the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference. Gregg Doud, Chief Ag Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s, and Ted McKinney, Undersecretary for [Read More…]

The Tenth Annual Ag Innovation Showcase brings together the science of agriculture inputs with the processing of food. Consumer concerns about food production make it necessary to bring crop inputs into the same conversation as [Read More…]

A study shows that U.S. ethanol makers will lose significant sales revenue if the EPA continues exempting small refiners from mandated blending obligations. “Over the next six years, the losses in terms of revenues that [Read More…]

Missouri soybean growers face challenges ranging from trade disputes to drought and low prices. Tom Steever spoke to Casey Wasser, Policy Director, Missouri Soybean Association, who says USDA’s Market Facilitation Program payment of $1.65 a bushel [Read More…]

The CEO of the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) says while the ship has not yet sailed on TPP, the days are numbered for the U.S. to reenter the Trans Pacific Partnership. Chandler Goule [Read More…]

The director of the Swine Health Information Center says the detection of Classical Swine Fever in Japan underlines the constant disease pressure pork producers are up against. Dr. Paul Sundberg says the U.S. hog industry [Read More…]

The USDA says recent rains have helped improve some of Michigan’s crop condition. The USDA says corn is now 90 percent in the dough stage, 67 percent dented, 13 percent mature and condition is 53 [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed firm in a narrow trading range and feeder cattle futures were mixed.  The market lacks direction and there is some pressure carrying over from the wholesale [Read More…]

The USDA says rain helped improve soybeans in Ohio this week. Soybeans are 79 percent good to excellent, with 31 percent dropping leaves. Corn is 79 percent good to excellent, with 95 percent in the [Read More…]

The U.S. Trade Representative is taking a break from negotiations with Canada to work on the new trade deal with the European Union. Robert Lighthizer met with European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström to initiate [Read More…]

The Secretary of Agriculture says any trade agreement between the U.S. and Canada will have to address dairy market access and Canada’s Class 7 pricing.  Sonny Perdue told C-SPAN, “Class 7 has to go.  It can’t [Read More…]

President Trump is dangling the threat of more tariffs on Chinese goods as U.S. groups warn him not to. A letter from the National Retailers Federation and more than 100 other groups says escalating a [Read More…]

An agronomist is concerned about stalk rot in wet areas of the Corn Belt. Roger Plooster, who covers southwest Minnesota for Golden Harvest seed company, says there will be standability issues this fall. “If you [Read More…]