The Energy Information Administration reports U.S. ethanol inventory continued higher through the week ended Nov. 25 while blender inputs, a measure of demand, and domestic production continued to seesaw.
The cattle contract library will require any meatpacker that processes more than 5% of the annual cattle supply to report to AMS the details on fed cattle buys at the end of each month. Producers will be able to see the terms of cattle buys, including premiums or discounts.
In their second year of participation in the National Sorghum Yield Contest, Brant and Amy Peterson, who operate Winsome Farms in Johnson, Kansas, earned the Bin Buster Award with a yield of 245.80 bushels per acre.
The former owner/operator of a soybean-processing plant in Mississippi faces both federal and state charges in connection to an alleged scheme to defraud farmers, banks and the state of Mississippi.
An increasing number of soybeans have failed to certify as U.S. No. 1 Yellow Soybean the past two years, but is that enough reason to justify changing the standards? Not if the U.S. wants to lose its soybean identity.
