India's parliamentary committee on ethanol blending is not happy about the Ethanol Blending Program (EBP) and its current status. It wants a plan within the next 30 days on how the mandate can be fulfilled. Abnormal Weather Impacts Wheat and Pulses Crops Unusual weather in northwest India that started in Rajasthan has damaged wheat and pulses crops in parts of Punjab and Haryana as well as western Uttar Pradesh. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is predicting thunderstorms will move east over the weekend with possible showers in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, all of which have wheat, corn and pulses crops ready for harvest. While the corn harvest will be delayed by any rainfall, wheat could be harmed extensively if...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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