The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new soybean export sales totaling 299,000 metric tons on October 21. According to USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service, private exporters reported sales of 134,000 metric tons for delivery to China and 165,000 metric tons for delivery to Spain, both during the 2026/27 marketing year. The announcement follows a separate report […]
Post-harvest farm maintenance begins once the harvest is over, but the work needed to safeguard the next season hasn’t ended. It’s easy to miss a damaged belt, a leaking pipe, or a grain bin infested with pests when the machinery is finally stored away. It’s possible that months later, the same issue will delay planting […]
Gellert Global Group, a U.S. based food importer, filed a lawsuit on October 20 in the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the Trump administration’s use of Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian goods. The case, brought by the Liberty Justice Center on behalf of the company […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its latest Crop Progress report on October 19, showing that 44% of the corn crop had been harvested as of October 18, compared with the five year average of 52%. Harvesting advanced from 33% the previous week but remained behind the normal seasonal pace, and USDA rated 56% of […]
Yield map may make a field appear simple to interpret, with the different colored areas suggesting where the crop performed well and where its growth was weaker. However, the accuracy of the picture depends entirely on the measurements that underlie it, and errors in the yield map can occur long before the data gets onto […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new soybean export sales on October 15, confirming that private exporters reported 330,000 metric tons for delivery to China and another 283,450 metric tons for delivery to undisclosed destinations. Both volumes are for the 2026/27 marketing year. USDA publishes these flash announcements daily when private exporters report sales of […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture launched a new Export Inspection and Weighing Dashboard on October 14, modernizing how official U.S. grain export inspection data is shared with industry and the public. Developed by USDA’s Federal Grain Inspection Service, the tool replaces static weekly reports with interactive visualizations of weekly export inspection and weighing volumes. Users […]
It’s easy, once the crop has been taken out of the field, to call the season over. But, waterhemps are still there and remain a problem, seeds remaining in the soil or carried into other fields can create difficulties in the following season. Waterhemp is a weed that grows quickly and competes with both corn […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new natural disaster designation on October 13 covering 15 Virginia counties and independent cities affected by drought during the growing season. The primary areas are Buchanan, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dickenson, Henrico, Isle of Wight, James City, Lee, New Kent, Prince George, Scott, Surry, Wise and York counties and […]
Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) opened applications on October 12 for interest free disaster recovery loans of up to $500,000 for farmers affected by Hurricane Isaias, which struck the Florida Panhandle near Destin on October 9 as a Category 2 hurricane. The loans are available to eligible agricultural and aquaculture producers with […]
