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The USDA’s national crop condition rating for soybeans improved slightly over the past week, while corn held steady. Weather was mixed around the Midwest and Plains as some areas received beneficial rainfall and temperatures generally moderated...
China’s latest purchase of U.S. corn broke a record set just two weeks ago. USDA data shows a sale of 1.937 million metric tons, eclipsing the previous high of 1.762 million July 14th. University of Illinois ag economist...
Members of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association have taken their first major policy step to increase cash trade levels. Matt Deppe, CEO of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, says through the NCBA’s grassroots process, the members and the...
China is offering to help the U.S. investigate the unsolicited seed packets sent to Americans through the mail. China’s foreign ministry says their postal service has contacted the U.S. postal service asking it to return the seeds to...
The coronavirus relief package unveiled by Senate Republicans on Monday would give the USDA broad authority to spend an additional 20 billion dollars to assist ag producers and processors. Unlike the House-passed HEROES Act, the Senate GOP proposal...
American Farm Bureau Federation is releasing a series of recommended changes for the Federal Milk Marketing Orders Tuesday. Chief Economist John Newton tells Brownfield the top recommendation from their dairy policy working group is to get...
The USDA’s latest Cattle Inventory report points to at least some contraction in the cattle industry continuing. The total number of beef cows dropped nearly a percent in July’s Cattle Inventory report, signaling small reductions in...
President Trump says the phase one trade deal with China means “much less” to him now than when he made it. Trump made the comment in a White House press briefing Thursday after being questioned about the cancellation...
A federal appeals court will allow the continued sale of Corteva’s Enlist DUO herbicide. Two judges on a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit court rejected the claim by environmental groups that the EPA failed to...
USDA’s report on cattle and beef market movements in the aftermath of the Tyson Holcomb fire and the COVID-19 pandemic did contain any specific charges or allegations against meatpackers. But National Cattlemen’s Beef Association CEO Colin Woodall says...
