The USDA’s July report shows a tight supply and demand situation for both corn and soybeans.

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The national Guernsey convention sale set a new record average at $5,794 on 46 live lots.
A large crowd of Guernsey breeders gathered at City Slickers Farm in Cross Plains, Wis., June 30 for the sale, which also included 77 embryos that averaged $645 each
“The demand for registered Guernseys is incredible,” said […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has released Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres for livestock grazing in counties recently designated as Presidential Disaster Areas because of flooding.
The release, announced July 7, permits grazing only in counties designated as primary and contiguous disaster areas and only because of flooding.
“Major flooding along the Mississippi River […]

The controversial hemp farming bill in Vermont took an opinion from the state’s attorney general to become law.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The USDA’s Risk Management Agency is giving additional time, until Aug. 15, for submitting acreage reports for all 2008 crop year spring-seeded acreage in areas impacted by flooding and extreme weather conditions.
Because of the possible difficulty in timely reporting due to disruptions in communications and other important infrastructure, the agency has […]

WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and the Ohio Bioproducts Innovation Center, along with other university and industry partners, have been awarded a $3 million Third Frontier Wright Projects Program grant to develop a renewable, domestic source of natural rubber that is expected to create new industries and jobs […]

A bill that provides short-term incentives for Pennsylvania’s biodiesel industry has been signed into law.

Pioneer Hi-Bred launched a new generation of soybean varieties with a 5 percent yield advantage.