Higher corn prices are roiling the U.S. ethanol industry, but the full impact of the corn price spike might not be felt for weeks. Read More…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $11.65 million in 14 projects to help farmers, ranchers and private landowners trap and control feral swine as part of the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program. This investment expands the pilot program to new projects in Texas, as well as Alabama, Hawaii, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Carolina. Read More…

While most traders were locked in on the ending stocks number for U.S. soybeans, the January USDA reports shocked the trade with corn production and stock changes from December. Corn yield was slashed 3.8 bushels per acre (bpa), and production fell by a hefty 325 million bushels (mb), as the true impact of summer drought and the derecho came home to roost. Add to that the record corn usage for the first two quarters of the crop year, and you had a limit-up corn market. Soybean stocks fell, as expected, leading to a nearly 50-cent-higher close. Read More…

In order to understand how digital technology will help farmers earn money from sequestering carbon in the soil, we take a look at two new projects in North America. Read More…