Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Value of US Dollar and Corn Prices
US - It has not been uncommon for daily fluctuations in corn prices to be attributed to fluctuations in the value of the US dollar relative to other currencies. So, what is the connection?, asks...

Agrovista Announces Farmer Workshops
UK - Agronomy and crop protection specialist Agrovista UK is to hold a series of farmer workshops near Darlington.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

EU Members Can Choose over GM Crop Cultivation
EU - The European Commission has announced its upcoming proposal on choice for Member States to cultivate or not genetically modified organisms (GMO) and approves five decisions on GMOs.

Eco-biofuels from the Tropics
NETHERLANDS - Palm oil from South-East Asia, sugarcane from Brazil and sweet sorghum in China are the most sustainable energy crops at present, according to a report from researchers at Wageningen...

Ethanol Industry Strong - Optimism Abounds
US – After a tumultuous end of 2008 and beginning of 2009, the American ethanol industry converged last week in Orlando amidst an improving economic climate and outlook of increasing opportunity...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: Soft Red Winter Wheat Update
US - The average price of soft red winter (SRW) wheat received by Illinois producers declined from $4.29 in June 2009 to $3.25 in September 2009, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at...

Wheat DDGS Inclusion Rate Impacts Dressing Per Cent
CANADA - An Alberta-based feed research scientist is advising pork producers to ship market hogs fed diets containing high inclusions of wheat dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) at...

Minister Opens Biomass Power Plant in Muktsar
PUNJAB, INDIA - Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah inaugurated a 14.5- MW biomass plant in Channu village in Muktsar on Friday.

EIB Provides €20.8 M for Construction of Biofuel Plant
POLAND - The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €20.8 million for the construction and operation of a new plant producing bioethanol in Goswinowice, in the South-West of Poland.

Corn and Soybean Growers Share On-Farm Research
US - Corn and soybean growers are invited to attend the Nebraska Soybean and Feed Grains Profitability Project on-farm research update March 9 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Agricultural...

Weekly Outlook: Corn and Soybean Export Progress
US - In its February report, the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board revised the projections of 2009-10 marketing year corn and soybean exports, says Darrel Good, Agricultural Economist, University...

Questions About Latest US Corn Crop
US - In typical times, feedgrain producers and traders would have a good idea by now of how the previous year’s corn production turned out. But the past year has been anything but typical.

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Weekly Outlook: South American Production Prospect
US - The month long decline in corn and soybean prices has slowed and signs of a near term low have emerged, writes Darrel Good, agricultural economist at the University of Illinois.

CME: Corn and Soybean Markets Under Pressure
US - All eyes will be on USDA’s monthly Crop Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) when they are released at 8:30 EST on Monday, write Steve Meyer and Len Steine...

Corn Futures Present Opportunity for Pork Producers
US - With corn futures retreating in recent weeks, pork producers may see an opportunity to lock in production profits. Some industry observers say if the opportunity is there, it is something...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Sorghum Feeds Africa and is Important to US
US - Sorghum, a main food crop in many African nations and the second most important animal feed crop in the United States, has the potential for expanded food and fuel uses both here and abroad,...

Weekly Roberts Report
US - Agricultural US Commodity Market Report by Mike Roberts, Commodity Marketing Agent, Virginia Tech.

Wide-Reaching Implications for Research
US - It´s not unusual for researchers to try to determine the best crops to plant in a particular climate, but a Kansas State University agricultural economist will go a step further.

Bigger Corn Plants Bully Smaller Neighbours
US - It might not look like there's much going on in those roadside corn fields, but a Purdue University researcher has shown that corn plants are in a fierce battle with each other for reso...