US Grain Exports Increased by 26% in 2023-2024 in All Forms - Valued at $48 Billion
The increase in exports were bolstered by a record 1,746,490,298 gallons of ethanol sold internationally and a single-market record 23.4...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 212 min read
Plenty Opens World's First Indoor Strawberry Farm in Virginia To Produce 4M Pounds of Berries/Year
The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed to produce more than 4 million pounds of strawberries annually in less than 40,000 square feet by...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 22 min read
Early Reports Show Hurricane Helene has Caused Billions in Agricultural Damage
Across the southern U.S., “the crop losses alone could trigger $7 billion in insurance payouts, a US Department of Agriculture official...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 41 min read
September 2024 California Processing Tomato Report
contracted production for California processing tomatoes is forecast at 11.3 million tons, averaging 50.0 tons per acre. The current prod...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Aug 142 min read
DCPA Ban Effective Immediately - First Time in 40 Years The EPA Has Used Emergency Action to Ban
The pesticide has been found to cause irreversible damage to fetuses in utero if they’re exposed to the chemical, and has been linked to...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Aug 122 min read
USDA Forecasts Record Soybean Crop in New Report - Up 10% From 2023 at 4.59B Bushels
The U.S. season-average soybean price for 2024/25 is forecast at $10.80 per bushel, down $0.30 from last month. The soybean meal price...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Aug 52 min read
Food Trends To Look Out For Coming Out of The 2024 Foodservice Conference
The IFPA Foodservice Conference had record attendance this year with more than 2,200 attendees including 1,000 foodservice buyers...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jul 151 min read
China Makes It's First Purchase of U.S. Soybeans For the 2024 Crop Year
China made its first soybean purchase of the 2024-2025 crop year, booking 132,000 metric tons of U.S. soybeans. By comparison, China made...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 51 min read
2024 California Processing Tomato Report
California’s tomato processors reported they have or will have contracts for 11.5 million tons of processing tomatoes for 2024, 1% below...
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by Sara VanderPoel
May 82 min read
U.S. to Raise Tariffs on Phosphate Imports From Morocco to 14.21% From 2.12%
The proposed new rates will go into effect in November and apply retroactively to 2022 imports and will act as the new provisional rate...
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by Sara VanderPoel
May 71 min read
2024 CA Tomato Price Agreement Reached Between All Processors- Price Set at $112.5/ton
"CTGA considers $112.50 to be a fair and reasonable Base Price for this season. The Board also felt it was important to establish...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 223 min read
National Hemp Report
According to the National Hemp Report released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, prices and acreage in the hemp industry...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 102 min read
NCGA Opposes Corteva’s Petition for Duties on Herbicide Imports From India and China
“Farmers are price takers, not makers in selling our commodities, and closely managing our production costs is crucial to our success...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Apr 82 min read
U.S. Farmers to Plant 90M Acres of Corn - Down 5%, and 86.5M Acres of Soybeans
Acreage decreases of 300,000 acres or more from last year are expected in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dak...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Mar 43 min read
Brazil’s Soybean Exports More Than Doubled U.S. Exports in 2023
Over the last two decades, Brazilian soybean exports jumped fourfold (431%), from 705 million bushels in 2004 to 3,744 million bushels in...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Feb 162 min read
U.S. Allows Farmers to Use Existing Supplies of Dicamba Weedkillers After Previous Ruling
The decision is a win for farmers who planned to use dicamba products sold by Bayer, BASF, and Syngenta on genetically modified soybeans...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Feb 163 min read
USDA Organic Changes are Coming - Here's What it Means for Farmers and Consumers
These amendments are designed to increase transparency in organic certification by targeting fraud and increasing consumer confidence...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Feb 124 min read
Total U.S. Soy Exports Added $39.8 Billion to U.S. Economy in 2023
"U.S. soy exports in marketing year 22/23 were nothing short of extraordinary. A standout achievement was the record-breaking performance...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jan 292 min read
LanzaJet Opens World’s First Ethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production Facility
Located in Soperton, Georgia, LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels represents one of the most promising SAF technologies in nearly a decade to...
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by Sara VanderPoel
Jan 241 min read
California Tomato Processors Expect to Contract 11.6 Million Tons in 2024
As of January, California’s tomato processors reported they have, or will have, contracts for 11.6 million tons in 2024, which is a decre...
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