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Posts tagged Illinois Soybeans
Farm Bureau prez renews call for trade, not aid
Trump trade war reduces Ill. soybean exports to a third of level three years ago
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Richard Guebert Jr., Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybean Growers, Illinois Soybeans, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailouts, Trump Farm Handouts, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Higher temps, more rain, less crops
Second-highest year for temperatures, second-worst year for rain yields downturn in final 2019 crop report
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Ted CoxClimate Change, Global Warming, NASA, USDA, USDA Crop Production, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Deke Arndt, Midwest Regional Climate Center, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Trent Ford, Kate Marvel, Donald Trump, Antonio Guterres
Trump trade wars cost jobs, hike prices
Federal Reserve issues study on president’s ‘unprecedented tariff increases’
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Soybeans are in
But Illinois corn harvest, 93 percent complete, could stretch into next year
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Corn, soybean harvests near completion
But harvest will extend beyond Thanksgiving: ‘It’ll get done, it’s just a matter of when’
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Trump trade bailouts still benefit richest farms
Environmental watchdog says handouts ‘stack the deck against small farmers in favor of the big guys’
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Trump Trade War, Trump Farm Bailout, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Soybean Growers, Environmental Working Group, USDA, Farm Market Facilitation Program, Anne Weir Schechinger, Sonny Perdue, Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley
Crops still in the field
‘The longer we go, the more risk we have,’ says one farmer, with a fifth of state corn unharvested
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Corn, soybean harvest estimates hold steady
But crop production down from last year, with soybeans off 24 percent, even as Illinois remains No. 1
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Corn comeback halted by rain, snow
More than half the corn crop is in and 93 percent is mature as wintry weather hits
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Soybeans lead delayed harvest
A quarter of the crop was harvested last week alone, while just over a third of the entire corn crop is in
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Corn, soybean prices take hit with latest USDA estimates
Soybeans expected to ‘shrug this off a lot faster than corn’
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Lobbying farmers searching for a 'win'
Leaders to Washington group gets little good news in D.C. on trade, ethanol waivers
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Adam Kinzinger, Leaders to Washington, Illinois Farm Bureau, Trump Trade War, Illinois Ethanol, Ethanol Waivers, Tammy Duckworth, Nancy Pelosi, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn, Dan Basse, Julie Newhouse, Sonny Perdue, Robert Benson, Matthew Herberling
Soybeans, pork socked by new Chinese tariffs
But quality of soybeans improves in latest USDA report
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Ted CoxIllinois Farmers, Illinois Farm Trade, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Pork, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Pork Producers Association, USDA, USDA Crop Progress, Farm Bailout, Farm Market Facilitation Program
Duckworth bolsters Hennepin ethanol plant
Like irate farmers, senator takes issue with waivers granted to large refineries as ‘a free pass to friends’ of President Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Tammy Duckworth, Marquis Energy, Illinois Biofuels, Illinois Ethanol, Sonny Perdue, Illinois Soybeans, Illinois Farmers, Illinois Corn Growers, Illinois Soybean Growers
Corn, soybeans down from last year's record harvest
Quality of crops improves slightly in latest USDA report
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Crop estimates deliver 'gut punch'
USDA corn, soybean estimates down, but higher than expected for corn, dropping prices
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Feds declare statewide agricultural disaster
All 102 counties designated; Pritzker welcomes federal emergency resources
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, USDA, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farm Disaster, John Sullivan, USDA Crop Progress, Illinois Corn, Illinois Soybeans, Jeff Guillander, Illinois Agriculture
Trump escalates trade war, China halts U.S. ag buys
Stocks plummet as China also devalues currency
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Corn, soybean quality up, winter wheat yield off
Wheat was down in bushels per acre, but up overall due to increased planting
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Corn, soybean quality lags behind national average
Illinois farmers continue to try to catch up after a rainy spring
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