FAPRI: USDA crop report helps price outlook 

Feb 10, 2010, Source: Farm Press

The latest USDA crop report appears friendly to corn and soybean producers, says Melvin Brees, crop economist with the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute ...

USDA Posts Latest Numbers for Corn and Soybean Stocks in WASDE Report 

Feb 10, 2010, Source: USDA

U.S. feed-grain ending stocks for 2009-2010 are projected lower this month with higher expected corn use and sorghum exports. Corn used for ethanol is projected 100 million bushels higher reflecting the latest ethanol production data from the Energy Information Agency...

ISU Economist Testifies On Cap-and-Trade Bill 

Feb 9, 2010, Source: Iowa State University

The current legislation in Congress on controlling carbon outputs, often called cap and trade, could potentially increase corn and soybean prices more than 20%, according to Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University ...

South American Production Prospects Examined For Impact On U.S. Crop Prices  

Feb 9, 2010, Source: University of Illinois

The month-long decline in corn and soybean prices has slowed, and signs of a near-term low have emerged. March soybean futures have held at the $9 level that has provided support since May 2009. March corn futures have not tested the low near $3.20 established in September 2009 and appear to have established near-term support around $3.50...

Wet Spring, Corn Residue Affect Spring Nutrient Management 

Feb 8, 2010, Source: University of Minnesota Extension

The agriculturally troubled fall of 2009 may be over, but here comes the sequel: a potentially wet spring. Due to the late corn harvest, many fields have yet to be tilled, and they have large amounts of residue remaining on the surface...

Reader Replies To Cap & Trade Question 

Feb 8, 2010, By John Pocock

In a Nov. 11 issue of the Corn E-Digest, I asked readers to respond to recent legislation being debated in Washington on climate change and cap-and-trade issues...

Market Incentives To Boost 2010 Corn Acreage 

Feb 8, 2010, By John Pocock, Corn & Soybean Digest

U.S. farmers will likely see price incentives ahead that will reward planting more corn acres at the expense of soybeans in 2010, says Chad Hart, Iowa State University ag economist...

High-Protein DDGs Provide Options for Producers 

Feb 5, 2010, Source: University of Illinois

As swine producers continue to find ways to survive in today's economic situation, researchers at the University of Illinois (U of I) are exploring alternative feedstuffs in growing pig diets to provide producers with more options...

Corn Growers Think About Vomitoxin When Choosing Hybrids for 2010 Season 

Feb 5, 2010, Source: Ohio State University Extension

As Ohio corn growers struggle with moldy grain in storage and costly vomitoxin problems, they are faced with the challenges of selecting hybrids for the 2010 growing season they hope will help them avoid a repeat of poor grain quality...

ASA Applauds EPA RFS2 Final Rule Favorable to Biodiesel 

Feb 4, 2010

The American Soybean Association (ASA) today applauds release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Final Rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) that provides a positive outcome for biodiesel and soy biodiesel...

RFS Rules "Workable" - ILUC Inclusion Still Problematic 

Feb 4, 2010, Source: Renewable Fuels Association

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the final rule for implementation of the expanded Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Among other provisions, the RFS will set mandatory blend levels for renewable fuels while implementing a framework for carbon emissions calculations that will be the basis for future carbon reductions from fuel...

HSUS Tries a New Tactic to Control Ohio Livestock Farmers 

Feb 4, 2010

We knew the counter attack would come, and today the bugle sounded. So says Tricia Braid Terry of the Illinois Corn Growers Association. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) filed a petition in Ohio to bring a ballot initiative to the voters of that state that would dictate livestock care standards...

Helping Keep Grower Profits in Grower Pockets  

Feb 4, 2010, Source: National Corn Growers Association

While most farmers are preparing for the planting season, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) knows there is growing concern over major tax policy changes that may be coming our way. The volatility of income and production costs that growers have seen the last few years makes the tax code even more important for farm profitability...

Obama Budget Proposes Slashing Ag Programs 

Feb 3, 2010

President Barack Obama released his proposed 2011 budget this week and immediately caught the ire of several farm groups, including the American Soybean Association (ASA). Specifically, the President’s new budget includes proposed reductions in federal support for crop insurance, cuts in maximum amounts of direct farm payments allowed to producers and a reduction in growth of conservation programs...

ASA Supports Resolution to Prevent EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases 

Feb 3, 2010, Source: American Soybean Association

The American Soybean Association (ASA), along with 137 other agricultural organizations including 12 state soybean affiliates, sent a letter to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) supporting her introduction of a resolution of disapproval regarding the decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to move forward on regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG) under the Clean Air Act ...

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