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U.S. announces largest sale of corn to China since January
CHICAGO, March 16 (Reuters) - China booked its largest purchase of U.S. corn since January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Tuesday. The USDA confirmed that private exporters sold 1.156 million tonnes of U.S. corn to China, the biggest sale announced through the USDA's daily reporting system since Jan. 29, when China bought 2.1 million tonnes of the grain in the second-largest U.S. corn sale on record.
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2021 US Crop Acres USDA projections.
U.S. 2021 corn acreage seen at 92.8 million, soy at 90.3 million -survey
March 15 (Reuters) - U.S. farmers are expected to plant 92.828 million acres of corn in 2021 and 90.317 million acres of soybeans, according to an annual survey conducted by commodity brokerage and analytical firm Allendale Inc released on Monday. * Projected corn plantings would be above the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Outlook Forum forecast for 92.0 million acres and above the 90.8 million acres planted in 2020.
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03/10/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
The Nature Conservancy aims to prime the pump for sustainable innovation across investment sectors by investing in companies that target soil health solutions.
The Nature Conservancy invests in five agtech companies
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03/09/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
On Tuesday, the USDA released its March Supply/Demand and WASDE Reports.
USDA leaves a lot of corn, soybean estimates unchanged
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Topics: Soil Health, Agriculture US, Cover Crops, Conservation/Tillage,
No-till saved their farm
Frustrated by back-to-back years of drought, Alan Johnson bucked a trend 40 years ago and tried his hand at no-till. It made all the difference.
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Topics: USDA, Government / Policies, Climate Change,
‘We don’t have a day to waste’ on climate mitigation, says Vilsack
Actions could range from providing expert advice to producers to launching pilot projects that demonstrate best practices for climate mitigation.
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02/23/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
Farmers expect to be paid for climate mitigation but not at the expense of the traditional farm subsidies.
‘You cannot do climate on the backs of the American farmer’
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02/09/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
BEIJING, Feb 9 (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Tuesday it had found eight companies and research institutes that illegally produced or carried out research on genetically modified (GM) seeds. The companies included two seed marketing companies in northeast Liaoning province and two corn breeders in northwest Xinjiang province who were producing GM corn seed. The ministry said seeds were confiscated and the companies fined. China does not permit the production or planting of GM corn.
China finds illegal work on genetically modified corn, cotton seed
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Topics: Agriculture US, Sustainability, Ag Innovation,
Land O’Lakes, Microsoft in carbon credit program
The program, called TruCarbon, “will help farmers generate and sell carbon credits to private sector buyers,” said the company.
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02/05/2021 SOURCE: www.agriculture.com
Regenerative grazing can improve soil health on the farm with the right infrastructure in place.
How regenerative ag and strip grazing improves soil health
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