Articles Tagged with ''soybeans''

River transportation for barges reopened on the Mississippi

05/14/21 1:55 PM By Bill Tomson

More than a thousand barges – many of them likely carrying corn or soybeans – can now resume their trip along the Mississippi River after traffic was stopped due to a cracked bridge near Memphis, Tenn., according to a statement released by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Daybreak May 13: Democrats feeling the heat on taxes

05/13/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Spencer Chase, Steve Davies, Bill Tomson, and Ben Nuelle

Farm groups are getting the attention of House Democrats when it comes to President Joe Biden’s proposals to expand the taxation of capital gains.

Plant-based product makers look to lure US farmers

05/12/21 6:18 AM By Fran Howard

Companies that make plant-based meat, egg and dairy alternatives have been heavily relying on imported crops for the ingredients they need and hope to convince more U.S. farmers to start growing peas, beans and other commodities.

CME to permanently shutter most trading pits

05/05/21 12:24 PM By Bill Tomson

Most of the iconic trading pits at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where traders would buy and sell corn, wheat, soybean and other future contracts with elaborate hand gestures, will close permanently, according to a CME Group announcement.

Biofuel, refiner groups anxiously await SCOTUS ruling

04/28/21 6:31 AM By Ben Nuelle

After making their case to the Supreme Court, biofuel industry officials are expressing confidence that the justices will agree to restrict the issuance of small refinery exemptions.

US corn supply tightens, soybeans hold steady

04/09/21 1:13 PM By Ben Nuelle

The nation’s corn pile is shrinking but soybean ending stocks are holding steady, according to Friday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

Daybreak April 8: Republicans to press Dems on biofuels

04/08/21 10:00 AM By Philip Brasher, Ben Nuelle, Steve Davies, and Bill Tomson

Republicans have so far focused their attacks on President Joe Biden’s infrastructure package on the scope of things it would fund – like home health care – that aren’t traditionally thought of as infrastructure. But Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is also drawing attention to the $174 billion the president wants to spend to shift Americans into electric vehicles.

Corn, soybean plantings fall below expectations

03/31/21 1:10 PM By Ben Nuelle

The nation’s farmers are set to plant 178.7 million acres of corn and soybeans combined this growing season, well below analysts' estimates, according to a USDA report released Wednesday.

No end in sight for status quo in US-China ag trade

03/31/21 6:38 AM By Bill Tomson

The U.S. ag sector really wants to know what’s coming next for the tenuous trade situation with China, but farmers and ranchers may have to settle for the status quo in the near future as the Biden administration takes its first steps toward dealing with the communist country.

Corn, soy, wheat ending stocks hold steady for March

03/09/21 1:44 PM By Ben Nuelle

Agriculture Department officials left corn, soybeans, and wheat projections mostly unchanged in Tuesday’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

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Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: April 26, 2024: USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt on bird flu, competition

USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt oversees the Agricultural Marketing Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. She joins us to discuss the latest on the bird flu outbreak and how USDA is responding.

Then, Michael Dykes with the International Dairy Foods Association and Fred Gingrich with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners join to chat more about the impact the bird flu has had on the dairy industry.

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