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USDA Estimates Whopping Stocks-to-Use Ratio for Corn
USDA released its first detailed forecast of the 2020-21 crop projections with a 15.99 billion-bushel (bb) corn crop that would…
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
U.S. corn planting slowed somewhat last week but still ended the week well ahead of last year and the five-year…
As Americans Get Back Behind the Wheel, Better News for Ethanol
Bloomberg writer Isis Almeida reported last week that, “There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the battered American ethanol…
Harvesters Struggle to Recruit Foreign Crews
Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine…
Senate, House Members Try to Find Indemnity Aid for Depopulating Herds
Members of Congress are turning different directions to try to provide some indemnity for pork producers forced to depopulate their…
WASDE Report Set to Frame Corn Expectations
Corn prices came off recent lows last week on glimmers of hope that the worst of the coronavirus impacts on…
A Price Paradigm Shift for Corn Is Coming, Analyst Says
As the effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt around the world, prices for commodities, and perhaps more so for…
A Planting Season Unlike Any Other
Planting has raced ahead in the past two weeks, setting records in some parts of the country, but it hasn’t…
USDA Approves $1.2 Billion in Food Purchases to Help America’s Needy
The USDA approved $1.2 billion in contracts for the Farmers to Families Food Box Program designed to connect excess meat,…
Impact of COVID-19 on Cattle Finishing Net Returns
COVID-19 has resulted in a dramatic decline in fed cattle prices putting a damper on net return prospects for 2020. …