Tag: corn
Farmers unable to plant facing tough decisions
Farmers who have crop insurance need to make tough decisions regarding their growing season, and deadlines are looming.
Trade aid vs. prevented planting
Which option, Prevent Plant or MFP payments, would offer the most benefits to an individual farmer? There is no clear-cut answer, but, according to USDA, it does have to be one or the other.
Good weather has (some) farmers smiling again
Large areas of the Midwest still have very little planting done. Where it is good, it is very good, but where it is bad, it is awful.
Slow planting progress dominates grain markets
The reality of really delayed corn planting is that acres will be reduced by either prevented planting for a switch to soybeans.
Will delayed planting hurt yields? Maybe not
While farmers have had to delay planting because of wet weather, it's not panic time yet. If crops get planted in late May or early June, and we have good growing conditions, we could still end up with a good crop.
Weather, China, carryout = grim grain markets
The reality in today's grim grain markets is that the bad weather is not even in the USDA reports yet.
When you thought grain markets couldn’t get worse…
Rumors of failed trade talks with China and delayed planting are hitting US farmers hard. The Midwest is struggling to get a crop in the ground, and markets tanked on the president's tweets.
The US exported a record volume of ethanol in 2018
The United States exported a record volume of ethanol in 2018 for the second year in a row, according to the Energy Information Administration.
USDA planting, stocks reports shock market
The USDA shocked the markets with Prospective Planting and Grain Stocks reports Friday, March 29.
Year-round E15 ethanol looking more likely
The year-round sale of E15 looks likely, if a proposal by EPA to apply a summer blend waiver is approved.
