USDA Reports Summary USDA Reduces Corn Production Estimate by 1.35 BB
OMAHA — USDA forecasts farmers will harvest 13.68 billion bushels of corn this fall with a national average yield of 166 bpa. That’s a 1.35 bb reduction from last month and the lowest since the 2015-16 crop year.
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Nearly 39 Million Intended Corn Acres Have Yet to Be Planted
Posted on 05/28/2019 4:14 PM Pro Farmer | By Meghan Vick under News & Analysis Just 58% of the U.S. corn crop had been planted as of May 26, an advance of just nine percentage points over the past week and well shy of the 63% planted the market anticipated and...
USDA Announces Support for Farmers Impacted by Unjustified Retaliation and Trade Disruption
(Washington, D.C., May 23, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will take several actions to assist farmers in response to trade damage from unjustified retaliation and trade disruption....
U.S. CORN PLANTING IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY BEHIND, USDA SAYS LESS THAN HALF OF THE CORN IS IN THE GROUND.
U.S. CORN PLANTING IS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY BEHIND, USDA SAYS LESS THAN HALF OF THE CORN IS IN THE GROUND. By Mike McGinnis 5/20/2019 Kacey Birchmier DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. corn farmers have the most corn acres left to plant, on this date, than they have ever had and...
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U.S. CONSIDERS PAYING $2 PER BUSHEL FOR SOYBEANS TO HELP FARMERS – BLOOMBERG
5/21/2019 WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering payments of $2 per bushel for soybeans, 63 cents per bushel for wheat and 4 cents per bushel for corn as part of a package of up to $20 billion to offset farmers' losses from the trade...
Aid for Farmers
Check out this article: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said late Wednesday that a second trade aid package for farmers may total $15 billion to $20 billion, the latter figure $5 billion higher than President Donald Trump has suggested Read more:...
USDA: Corn to Be King Again in 2019
For 2019, USDA predicts U.S. farmers will plant 92 million acres of corn, which is a 3.3% jump from last year. Alternatively, farmers will plant 85 million acres of soybeans, which is down 4.7% from last year, as shared this morning by USDA Chief Economist Robert Johansson.
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