Weekly Outlook: Corn - More on Ethanol and Exports
US - Corn prices continue to be supported by expectations that the USDA will reduce the forecast size of the 2010 US crop and by a rapid pace of ethanol production, writes Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

CME: Feed Market to Start Focusing on Demand
US - Feed prices remain a hot topic in the livestock complex and we should get some additional information from USDA when it updates its supply and demand estimates on 9 November, write Steve Meyer...

New Proposal from Ethanol Industry Concerns AMI
US - AMI has joined a number of agriculture associations in expressing serious concerns over a new proposal from the ethanol industry that would extend the expiring ethanol blenders credit and import tariff...

Weekly Outlook: Are Higher Corn Prices Needed?
US - December 2010 corn futures moved above $5.00 in mid-September, moderated in early October, and then moved sharply higher following the USDA’s October Crop Production report. The month of...

Domestic Livestock Rations Contain More DDGS
US - This year, for the first time, distillers grains will displace more than one billion bushels of corn in domestic feed rations, according to estimates from the ProExporter Network.

FDA Awards Grants for Food and Feed Safety
US - The US Food and Drug Administration awarded 84 grants worth $18.5 million in fiscal year 2010 to help state and local regulatory agencies defend against and respond quickly to threats to the food...

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Acreage in 2011
US - Planted acreage of corn in the US in 2010 totaled 88.222 million acres, 1.74 million more than planted in 2009, but 5.305 million fewer than planted in 2007, writes Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Market Preview: Feed Prices Driven Higher
US - In this week's National Hog Farmer's weekly Market Preview, Steve Meyer, Ph.D. of Paragon Economics, Inc., writes about last week's Crop Production and World Supply and Demand...

NPPC: EPA's Decision to Increase Ethanol Blend Rate
US - The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Ethanol Task Force Chairman Randy Spronk yesterday expressed concern about the US Environmental Protection Agency's decision to increase the ethanol blend...

Weekly Outlook: Markets Get Whipsawed
US - December 2010 corn futures traded to a high of $5.235 on September 27 and closed at $5.05 on September 29. The surprisingly large USDA September 1 corn stocks estimate released on September 30 sent...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

USGC Confident in Adequate Supply of Feed Grains
US - The US Department of Agriculture on Friday, 8 October, released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reflecting the third-largest corn crop and yield on record.

Corn Crop Estimate Surprises Industry
US - A big drop in both the corn yield and production estimates in October’s Crop report caught the industry by surprise, according to John Anderson, an economist with the American Farm Bureau...

Phytase Summit: Manifesto for Dialogue
US - Leading names from the scientific community agreed that there is a need for a common approach to phytase as a result of their coming together in Washington DC last week for the first International...

CME: Corn the Main Focus of Market Conversations
US - Corn futures appeared to stabilise on Monday following a sharp retracement last week, write Steve Meyer and Len Steiner.

Weekly Outlook: Corn Inventory Estimates
US - The USDA’s September Grain Stocks report indicates that the corn that went missing in June was found in September, writes Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist at the University of Illinois....

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Cargill Creates Sow Innovation Center
US - Two Cargill Business Units have collaborated to improve sow life for pork production as part of the Company's animal welfare efforts.

Weekly Outlook: Hogs - Saved By Corn Alarm Bell
US - Hog producers were ready to expand this fall. That may have been appropriate when the expectation of 2010 corn prices was close to $3.50 in early July, but that is no longer an acceptable conclusion...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

USDA Seeks Public Feedback on Organic Standards
US - USDA is seeking feed-back from the public on the latest proposed recommendation from the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB).

Pork Producers Place Brakes on Expansion
US - Back during the summer when the price of corn was forecast at $3.50 per bushel, pork producers were making plans to expand, but with the price of corn much higher, Chris Hurt, Purdue University ag...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Another Look At Soybeans
US - Two weeks ago we wrote about the strength in soybean prices and the importance of upcoming USDA reports and the importance of South American crop prospects, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist...

Market Preview: Corn Crop Estimates Lowered
US - This week, in National Hog Farmer's weekly Market Preview, Steve Meyer, Ph.D. of Paragon Economics, Inc., comments on the latest Crop Production and World Supply and Demand Estimates...

Land O'Lakes Introduces New CSR Report
US - Land O'Lakes has announced the introduction of its 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report.

Corn Prices a Must-Watch Before Expansion
US - Although pork producers are enjoying profits again after suffering major losses during the recession, one Purdue Extension agricultural economist says they should beware of corn prices before expanding...