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Comment: Forty billion green reasons to go green

If the U.S. budget passes, green ag is about to get a big boost

By Alan Guebert August 15, 2022

If American farmers and ranchers really want to live the oft-repeated boast that they are “the first environmentalists,” then, by golly, Joe Manchin and his Democratic Senate colleagues have the legislative vehicle to prove it. Manchin, the chief monkeywrencher of Dem dreams for the last two years, shocked everyone when he and Senate Majority Leader

“This very hot and dry forecast is coming in right at the time when beans don’t need it.” – Craig VanDyke, Top Third Ag Marketing

Crops, News

Heat stress raises questions on U.S. corn, soybeans

Stifling heat in the Midwest has pressured markets up

By Christopher Walljasper August 4, 2022

Reuters – Chicago soybeans rallied July 29 and were set for their biggest weekly rise in 22 years, as forecasts of hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest raised supply concerns and strong soymeal demand added support. Corn was also on track for its biggest weekly gain in nearly five months, while wheat was

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Rains crucial for U.S. corn crop

By Karen Braun July 25, 2022

Reuters – Despite a late start, the U.S. corn crop began the growing season in strong health, though that has since declined after several weeks of dry and sometimes hot weather. That does not necessarily mean analysts need to make drastic cuts to yield assumptions, though they might consider that if rains don’t arrive. The

Farmers demanding higher bids from grain dealers could contribute to rising prices at the grocery store.

Crops, News

U.S. farmers look for premium on remaining 2021 crop

Sellers remain stubborn in the U.S., waiting to see what happens

By Mark Weinraub July 15, 2022

Reuters – American grain buyers will have to boost prices to pry farmers’ corn and soybeans from their bins as growers are already flush with cash and can afford to wait and see if the market rallies. “I assume we are going to have to bid up throughout the summer,” a grain dealer in Ohio

Crops

Larger U.S. barley crop expected in 2022

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 14, 2022

MarketsFarm — Barley production in the U.S. is forecast to be up substantially in 2022, with early indications pointing to the largest crop in seven years. In its latest production estimates, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the country’s 2022 barley crop at 3.8 million tonnes, which would be up from the 2.6 million tonnes

A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

CUSMA leaders to discuss agreement during Mexico visit

By GFM Network News, Reuters July 5, 2022

Mexico City | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) agreement, which was ratified in 2018, during a visit to Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. “We’ll have a summit to discuss terms of the trade agreement treaty… in Mexico,”

News

Biden administration putting up US$2.1 billion to strengthen food system

By Leah Douglas June 14, 2022

Reuters – The Biden administration plans to spend more than US$2.1 billion in funding to shore up weaknesses in the country’s food supply system exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will unveil the new funding, designed to enhance competition in food processing

Crops, Markets

June USDA report includes few changes or surprises

U.S. corn, soybean carryout projections down from May's

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — There were only a handful of major changes in the monthly supply and demand report released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “I thought it was neutral to a little bit friendly,” said Terry Reilly, grains analyst with Futures International in Chicago. Perhaps most notable were the ending stocks for new-crop

Crops

U.S. EPA sets 2020-2022 biofuel mandates, denies refiners waivers

By GFM Network News, Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly June 4, 2022

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued biofuel blending mandates for 2022 and the prior two years — with this year’s number below one proposed in December — while denying oil refiners waivers to be exempt from the requirements. The EPA set biofuel blending mandates for 2022 at 20.63

File photo of a flock of sheep in eastern Idaho. (Samson1976/iStock/Getty Images)

Livestock

U.S. sheep herders’ suit alleges cartel-like wage suppression

By GFM Network News, Leah Douglas June 3, 2022

Reuters –– Sheep herders in the U.S. West have banded together to sue their employers, accusing them of operating an illegal cartel that artificially suppresses their wages, according to court documents filed Wednesday in Nevada. The case could have implications for how antitrust laws are applied to labour markets, according to legal experts, as the

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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