WHEAT The U.S. 2018/19 wheat supply and demand estimates are unchanged from last month. There are offsetting by-class changes for both exports and imports. The season-average farm price range is unchanged at the midpoint of $5.10 per bushel and the…
According to the claims administrator of the $1.51 billion settlement in the Syngenta MIR 162 corn case, the deadline to file a claim is Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. The settlement covers corn farmers, ethanol plants and grain handling facilities. Interested…
Following more than a year of negotiation, the U.S., Canada and Mexico reached a final agreement on a revised North American Free Trade Agreement. The new deal named the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement still has some hurdles to face before…
Pending EPA registration, FMC will launch Lucento fungicide for use in corn, soybeans, peanuts, wheat and sugarbeets for the 2019 season. The new fungicide is a combination of flutriafol and bixafen active ingredients. In corn, the fungicide has efficacy against…
In their Friday report, USDA noted that as of September 1 corn stocks were up 130 million bushels more than the average trade guess. Soybeans were 37 million bushels more and wheat stocks were 37 million bushels more than pre-report…
Following a two-day meeting, Jeremy Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee, announced the central bank is increasing interest rates for the third time this year. The Fed plans to increase them again in December, despite President Trump’s…
China is ramping up its extreme discourse for the United States’ use of tariffs to resolve ongoing trade issues. On the heels of the U.S. following through on its promise to slap tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods,…
In their Monday crop progress report, USDA noted what farmers know well, harvest continues throughout farm country. In fact, 16% of corn and 9% of soybeans are harvested. Many North Carolina farmers rushing to harvest prior to Hurricane Florence’s arrival…
The world got one of its first public images of the biggest ag company on the globe Tuesday in Germany as leadership from Bayer and former Monsanto employees spoke to a roomful of journalists at the newly minted Bayer AG…
Soybean harvest is underway, according to USDA. In their Monday Crop Progress report, the agency noted that 6% of the Nation’s soybeans had been harvested as of September 16. That pace is double the five-year-average of 3%. Louisiana and Mississippi…