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Increasing Operating Loan Volume, Interest Rates Raise Alarm
“As rates tick up, growth in operating loans boosts farm lending.” This was the title of an article co-written by…
How Russia and Ukraine Took Over the Wheat Market
Rarely do we read or hear a wheat market report today without being informed about what is happing in the…
Found-4-Way Herbicide Resistant Pigweed
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has the ugliest pigweed of all? The answer might surprise you. Scientists have recently…
China to Increase Soybean Purchases
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is reporting “substantial progress” has been made in trade talks with China. The two sides…
Controlling the Controllables
With the fifth straight year of low prices and declining income due to large crop supplies exceeding expected demand, profit…
January Storms Boost Sierra Snowpack to Normal Levels
Today, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) conducted the second Phillips Station snow survey of 2019. The manual survey recorded…
New Strategic Partnership Will Grow Trade
American Soybean Association (ASA) World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) leaders joined Cambodian and U.S. government officials and…
The Superbowl and Chicken-Going Steady Since 1967
How many chicken wings will Americans eat this Super Bowl Sunday? According to the USDA, the answer is estimated to…
USDA Reschedules Reports After Lapse in Funding
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) Agricultural Statistics Board has begun rescheduling reports that were affected by the lapse…
CoBank-Export Growth Needed As Global Market Is Key for U.S. Protein
Per capita animal protein consumption in the U.S. will climb to an all-time high in 2019, surpassing the previous record…