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Farmers Will Plant Less Corn and More Soy in 2026, USDA Says
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (390+ words) Analysts cautioned that USDA's acreage numbers are preliminary and, because results were gathered during the first half of the month, may not fully reflect the impact of the Middle East war that sent fertilizer prices soaring," Blythe reported. Spring weather…...
EPA Sets Record High Biofuel Blending Volumes
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (430+ words) Progressive Farmer's Todd Neeley reported that "the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes on Friday, setting biofuel volumes higher than proposed numbers released last year." "Biomass-based diesel volumes for 2026 were set at 9.07 billion gallons and jump to 9.2 billion…...
Trump Admin Set To Allow Summer E15 Fuel Sales
1+ week, 1+ day ago (568+ words) Bloomberg's Jennifer A Dlouhy and Elizabeth Elkin reported that "the Trump administration is preparing to expand the opportunity for sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline this summer by waiving the fuel from US volatility requirements, according to people familiar with the matter....
Strike Begins at Major Colorado Meatpacking Plant
2+ week, 2+ day ago (396+ words) Reuters" Tom Polansek reported that "striking JBS employees took to the streets of Greeley, Colorado, before sunrise on Monday to picket against the world"s largest meat company, in a "rare labor stoppage at a U.S. meatpacking plant and a sign…...
U.S. to Quadruple Beef Imports from Argentina
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (435+ words) Fox Business'Jasmine Baehr reported that "President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order temporarily expanding the amount of beef the U.S. can import from Argentina, a move the White House says is aimed at lowering prices but that the nations…...
USDA Farmer Bridge Assistance Rates Favor Rice, Cotton
3+ mon, 10+ hour ago (460+ words) Reuters" P.J. Huffstutter and Julie Ingwersen reported that "the U.S. Department of Agriculture released details on Wednesday about how much row crop farmers will receive next year from a $12 billion aid program, but soybean growers say such payments fall short of helping…...
Beef Prices to Keep Rising as Brazil Supply Shrinks
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (381+ words) Understandably, these higher prices have renewed concerns about consumer demand," Mitchell said," according to Lovett"s reporting. There is some evidence that beef has lost price competitiveness in 2025.'" Bloomberg"s Dayanne Sousa reported that cheap beef may soon become further…...
FCC Foreign Drone Ban Could Impact US Farmers
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (398+ words) Politico's Dana Nickel reported that "the Federal Communications Commission (last week) blacklisted all new foreign-made drones and components over concerns the equipment poses "an unacceptable risk' to national security " ensnaring Chinese drone-maker DJI after long-time concerns that the tech gives…...
China's Soybean Buyers Turn to Argentina, Continue Shunning US
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (570+ words) Reuters" Naveen Thukral and Ella Cao reported that "Chinese buyers booked at least 10 cargoes of Argentine soybeans after Buenos Aires on Monday scrapped grain export taxes, three traders said on Tuesday, dealing another setback to U.S. farmers already shut out of…...
Coke Cane Sugar Switch Threatens Ag Jobs, Corn Refiners Say
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) Reuters" Marcelo Teixeira, Karl Plume and Renee Hickman reported that "a possible move by Coca-Cola and other beverage and food industries to use cane sugar instead of corn syrup as a sweetener would be difficult and expensive to implement, while…...