USDA’s first cost of production forecast for major field crops shows input costs are expected to remain elevated into the next growing season, and the latest Monthly World Ag Supply and Demand report is out.
The Department of Agriculture says the investments in the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program will pay off in the form of data on a broad range of conservation practices.
It’s looking like Brazil will export more corn than the U.S. in the current and next marketing year, according to USDA forecasts, but sustainability, environmental and economic issues may soon pose problems for the South American ag powerhouse, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the National Corn Growers Association.
Following the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report that USDA released in mid-June, there wasn’t much reaction to the report by the sunflower market with nearby prices
Dry and some drought conditions in parts of the U.S. Midwest have grain markets on edge. Rallying grain prices are signalling USDA production estimates could be too high.