Key Takeaways Corn and soybean harvests are just beginning, with progress close to or slightly ahead of average.Crop conditions slipped slightly, with corn at 67% and soybeans at 63% good/excellent.Winter wheat planting is behind normal pace, while spring wheat and oats are nearly fully harvested. Today, the USDA published the 24th Crop…
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By Galen Bacharier Gov. Josh Stein is asking Congress and the Trump administration to send an additional $13.5 billion to North Carolina, his latest ask for federal aid as recovery from Hurricane Helene continues one year later. Included in that request is $8 billion in additional grants to rebuild homes…
By Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Joana Colussi The implication of this set of four articles is that the U.S. grain and oilseed sector should focus less on South America and China (hereafter, SAC). This implication is consistent with the multivariable regression analysis in this article. It finds that production…
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By Emma Murphy YUKON — With no active cases of New World screwworm, the USDA is working to prevent its spread from Central America, a Trump administration official said Friday. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins outlined the Department of Agriculture’s plan to prevent the spread of screwworm to the U.S., including…
By Cami Koons A handful of Iowa farmers fired up their combines this week to start harvesting corn, according to the latest crop progress and condition report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. More than a quarter of corn acres across the state have reached maturity, according to the report,…
By Joshua Haiar MITCHELL — As China boycotts U.S. soybean purchases, a $500 million processing plant south of Mitchell that will turn more of the state’s crop into oils and livestock meal opened its doors Tuesday. Tom Kersting, the CEO of South Dakota Soybean Processors, which manages the plant, said…
By Robin Opsahl Gov. Kim Reynolds has returned to India with a delegation from Iowa this week, following up from trade discussions that began during her first visit in 2024. Reynolds had first visited India with Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, Iowa Economic Development Authority and Iowa Finance Authority Director…
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