Corn in Recovery Mode With Summer Weather Here
After a cold, soggy start to the season, it’s finally feeling like summer in the Midwest, and corn fields are recovering. A turn toward warmer weather should be beneficial for the battered crop, and government data signal that conditions are starting to bottom out.
Midwest Deluge Spurs Cut in US Estimate for Soybean Acreage
The spring deluge in the Midwest and Great Plains spurred a cut in the U.S. forecast for soybean acreage, a bigger reduction than analysts expected.
Surging Corn Prices Put US Wheat Back in the Feed Trough
A looming shortfall in U.S. corn production after a historical spat of wet weather means wheat is back on the menu at cattle feedlots in the southern Plains.
US-Mexico Showdown Puts $45 Billion Food Trade in Crosshairs
Meat and grains, fruits, vegetables and even sugar. These are the dinner-table goods that are regularly imported back and forth between Mexico and the United States.
Grain Farmers Besieged by Trade Threats, Unrelenting Rain
There has never been a spring planting season like this one. Rivers topped their banks. Levees were breached. Fields filled with water and mud. And it kept raining.
June 3, 2019China Puts US Soy Buying on Hold as Tariff War Escalates
China, the world’s largest soybean buyer, has put purchases of American supplies on hold after the trade war between Washington and Beijing escalated, according to people familiar with the matter.
May 30, 2019Grain Markets Dive to 42-Year Low After Trump’s Trade Tweets
Soybean and corn futures slumped after tweets from Donald Trump that threaten an escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, frustrating battered American producers hoping for a quick resolution.
Farmer Income Drops Most Since First Quarter of 2016
Personal income for farmers fell by the most in three years in the first quarter, as losses to U.S. agriculture mount from President Donald Trump’s trade wars.
Farmers Fear China Trade Deal Will Fail to Erase Retaliatory Tariffs
Some U.S. farm groups fear that President Donald Trump’s terms for easing his trade war with China risk leaving large swaths of American agriculture worse off than before the conflict began.
More Women See Roles Expanding on Family Farms
As the average U.S. farmer ages, more women are stepping up as decision makers to help feed a booming global population.
April 12, 2019