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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Corn, sorghum, soybean and wheat exports are heavily dependent on markets that are headed for population decline over the next 25 years, according to a new report by Terrain.
USDA is lowering its estimates of global corn and soybean stocks in a report that doesn’t account yet for the impact of reciprocal tariffs or of new duties on Canada and Mexico that President Donald Trump plans for April.
The majority of Dustin Edwards’ annual fertilizer use consists of anhydrous ammonia. Edwards, who farms 5,500 acres in eastern Kansas, believes the $640 per ton it costs now is about double what the market should be.
USDA will deregulate the HB4 drought-tolerant trait from Argentina-based Bioceres Crop Solutions, slightly opening the door to commercialization in the United States.
The Agriculture Department raised its estimate for corn production to 15.1 billion bushels, a jump from its June projection of 14.8 billion, but slightly lowered its prediction for ending stocks, in its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report issued Friday.
The positive reception that biotech wheat has received in Argentina is being closely watched in the U.S., but experts say any genetically engineered variety faces a long road to approval here.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to use USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation spending authority to provide $1 billion in additional food assistance overseas, a move requested by leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee last year.
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