Corn
Bioplastics and biochemicals made from the sugar and sometimes protein of corn, soybeans and other crops will likely never replace ethanol as one of corn’s key markets.
The delays have stretched dangerously close to grain harvesting season, when barges need to carry wheat, soybeans and corn from throughout the Midwest down to the Gulf Coast for export.
The company posted a 12 percent drop in fiscal fourth- quarter profit as its trading and processing business continued to feel the effects of drought in the U.S. and a shortage of railcars.
Such crop switching is one sign of a sweeping transformation going on in California--the nation’s biggest agricultural state by value--driven by a three-year drought that climate scientists say is a glimpse of a drier future.
U.S. Sows More Soy as Corn Ends Run as Profit King: Commodities
Reduce threats from instability and shrink to corn silage.
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple opened a federal hearing in Fargo about rail service delays in the upper Plains by reading a letter from a grain elevator that said Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. was 525 cars behind in its service.
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says farmers have been “tremendously patient” about rail delays, “but that patience is wearing thin.”
Minnesota officials and propane suppliers say they’re better prepared to avoid repeating the shortages that hit much of the Midwest last winter.
Gov. Mark Dayton is urging the federal government to step in on railroad delays hitting Minnesota grain farmers.
Export to China is having an impact on U.S. corn and DDGS markets.
Spies in the furrows. Rat smells a cig. Golden banana agoniste. Water salvation from a slingshot. Cattle rustlers and AK-47s. A pig’s life. Turning milk into beer.
There was a time when once grain left the farm gate, little was thought about where it went. Those days are disappearing quickly.
The Gulf of Mexico’s hypoxia zone, the “dead zone,” is 3% larger than ever before at 8,776 square miles.
Shipping Costs are Surging Globally, Squeezing Grain Traders
The company is growing green bell peppers, corn and colored bell peppers in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, with green bell peppers having the biggest increase, says sales representative Marco Serrano.
With the impending snowstorm in the upper Midwest and Northern Plains, it may seem like the 2023 planting season will be off to a slow start. However, in states like Illinois and Missouri, planting has already started.
POET, one of the nation’s leading ethanol producers, continues to develop new technology even as criticism mounts for an end to the federal ethanol mandate.
Organic growing practices, genetically modified organisms and other subjects are highlighted in this week’s segment.
The far southeast corner of the state will set all-time records for precipitation. These stations have data for over 100 years, including the Dust Bowl.
Ken Ferrie answers a farmer’s question about nitrogen running off in his farm tile.
Episode 3 of Corn College TV details how to maximize yield, minizmize inputs and get the most from your fields.
The early harvest opened the window for farmers to make mistakes with fall applied N.
Head to the field with Farm Journal Associate Field Agronomist Missy Bauer in episode 10 of Corn College TV.
In episode 6 of Corn College TV, Farm Journal Agronomist explains how the nitrogen cycle fits into the Systems Approach.
A QR code label is one option available to marketers to let consumers know whether fresh produce and other food has been created using biotechnology.
After a nice early growing season without major setbacks, Eastern U.S. sweet corn growers are optimistic about the coming crop as demand ticks up for the coming warm months and summer holidays.