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U.S. soybean export sales surged to a marketing year high during the week ending November 9th. The USDA says soybean sales were nearly 4 million tons, led by strong demand from China as Beijing tries to...
U.S. ethanol production was up slightly last week as stocks stayed nearly unchanged. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.047 million barrels a day, up 5,000 from the previous week, which was delayed by EIA...
A House Ag Committee member has mixed feelings about extending the farm bill. Minnesota Republican Brad Finstad tells Brownfield an extension signals certainty to farmers and ranchers. “The 2018 Farm Bill was a great farm bill, and for...
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has introduced a two-step continuing resolution that would prevent a partial government shutdown and extend the farm bill through next September. The stopgap bill would fund some agencies (like the USDA) until...
Direction from House Ag Committee leadership points to finishing a new farm bill early in 2024. Committee member Randy Feenstra says chair GT Thompson suggested the bill could be finalized in December. “It looks like that’s going to...
A grain market analyst isn’t optimistic corn prices will improve much before next spring. “The numbers are just not there.” Richard Brock with Brock Associates says USDA’s November Supply and Demand report was a game changer with a...
Critics of the Biden administration say it hasn’t been committed to investing in trade, but an administration official says that isn’t the case. “We are doing it,” says USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Ag Affairs...
The USDA has announced the first in a series of rules under the Packers and Stockyards Act to increase competition in agriculture and better support American farmers and ranchers. Secretary Tom Vilsack says the department’s Transparency in...
The head of Purdue University’s Center for Commercial Agriculture says the latest Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows modest improvement in farmer sentiment. Jim Mintert says the index of future expectations rose 5 points for October. “If...
The chorus in Congress to extend the current farm bill is getting louder. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa tells Brownfield he’s been calling for a one-year extension since mid-September. “So I’m just glad that the leaders of...
