Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol group, said in a news release Monday that it is now an official member of the Petroleum Equipment Institute, the leading authority for petroleum and energy-handling equipment.
Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North
Dakota by midday on Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in
2009, the National Weather Service said on Monday.
See DTN Ag News. =^ND Braces for Flooding Tues....
Best-selling authors and high-end restaurants appear to market
themselves by bashing traditional agriculture. Midwest farmer Adam Erwin thinks
he's just collateral damage in a war to sell premium food.
See DTN Ag News. BMBAg by Adam Erwin...
The Dakota County farmer shows up at schools, community festivals and
even the Minnesota State Fair dressed in a hard hat, goggles, white lab coat
and huge fireman's boots.
See DTN Ag News. 1^Dr. Gross Makes a Difference...
Brazil unveiled on Monday a list of U.S. patents and intellectual
property rights it could restrict unless both countries settle a dispute over
U.S. cotton aid.
See DTN Ag News. 4^Brazil Mulls US Sanctions...
Russia could reopen its market to U.S. poultry, worth $800 million in
2008, if both countries reach an agreement on a chlorine wash used routinely in
U.S. processing plants that Russia said was in violation of its food safety
standards.
See DTN Ag News. C^Russia May Accept US Poultry...
Tuesday will feature a mix of light rain and light snow in the northern and western Midwest, and light rain throughout central and southern Texas. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Growth Energy, a pro-ethanol group, said in a news release Monday that it is now an official member of the Petroleum Equipment Institute, the leading authority for petroleum and energy-handling equipment.
Private analytical firm Lanworth is still telling clients the 2009 corn and soybean crops were smaller than USDA has reported, and it looks to upcoming USDA stocks reports to reconcile the differences.
Fighting air and water pollution from manure runoff is a good thing, but regulators and courts need a better understanding of the problem and the possible solutions than the popular notion that all we need to do is shut down "factory farms."
Farmers who think corporations have too much control over agriculture took a chance Thursday night to tell their stories and demand reforms, ahead of a meeting Friday in which the Obama administration will begin to formally examine competition issues in agriculture.
World corn production and stocks are higher, according to USDA's latest reports, but the stocks-to-use ratio shows the surplus is shrinking. That may bolster U.S. corn prices as the market tries to buy more acres.
Did You Know?
In 1943 the USDA developed a method for cleaning Navy airplane engines by blasting them with ground corn cobs
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