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Focus on ROI

Published December 23, 2024

When making weed control decisions, FMC Regional Technical Manager Gail Stratman said the focus should be on the return on investment. "So many times we just look at the cost and what we're spending, but we really got to think about…

AFREC Update

Published December 23, 2024

The Agricultural Fertilizer Research Education Council features Northwest Research and Outreach Center Extension Specialist Lindsay Pease in this week’s update. In the AFREC Update, Pease highlights the results of recent field trials. Listen to the update.

E15 Language Didn’t Make the Final Cut

Published December 23, 2024

One of the casualties of the congressional battle over a short-term spending bill was ethanol. An earlier version of the bill included language allowing year-round availability of 15 percent ethanol blends. National Corn Growers Association President Kenneth Hartman Jr. said…

Disaster Bill Monitors Illegal Sugar Imports

Published December 23, 2024

The $33.5 billion disaster assistance package for agriculture includes support for the domestic sugar industry. There’s $3 million set aside to test molasses at the ports of entry to prevent illegal sugar imports.

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Record Egg Prices

Published December 23, 2024

Wholesale egg prices in the Midwest are at record-high levels. Prices hit $5.67 per dozen last week. That breaks the previous record of $5.46 per dozen in December of 2022. Avian flu and the huge demand for eggs during the…

Beet Stock Values

Published December 23, 2024

According to Acres & Shares broker Jayson Menke, 163 American Crystal Sugar Company beet shares were brokered last week for an average price of $5,385.28 per share.

Risk Management More Critical Than Ever

Published December 22, 2024

The realities of 2024 are setting in. AgCentric Executive Director Keith Olander cites less-than-ideal yields, low commodity prices and sticky crop input costs. "Farmers used to carry operating loans in the tens of thousands; now it's hundreds of thousands or millions…

Trade Panel Rules in U.S. Favor in Dispute Over GM Corn

Published December 22, 2024

Mexico’s restrictions on U.S. biotech corn imports violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement. A three-judge trade dispute panel ruled in favor of the United States. Mexico's agriculture and economic ministries disagreed with the ruling, but said they would respect it.…

The Only Three-Term Agriculture Secretary

Published December 21, 2024

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has served 12 years in that role, longer than any other person. Vilsack led USDA during the Obama and Biden administrations. "I'm just extraordinarily proud of the work that we did, a consistency of commitment to very…

SD Corn Comments

Published December 21, 2024

Jim Wooster joins South Dakota Corn Comments this week with a special Christmas message. South Dakota Corn wishes everyone a wonderful holiday season. Click here to hear Jim's commentary.

Ag Business Articles

Focus on ROI

AFREC Update

E15 Language Didn’t Make the Final Cut

Disaster Bill Monitors Illegal Sugar Imports

Record Egg Prices

Beet Stock Values

Risk Management More Critical Than Ever

Trade Panel Rules in U.S. Favor in Dispute Over GM Corn

The Only Three-Term Agriculture Secretary

SD Corn Comments

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