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With a lot of debate about Brazil's corn crop production this season, is it going to be well over +100 MMTs or sub-100 MMTs, I thought it might be a good idea to take a look back at how the crop has gotten so large. Keep in mind, the USDA is already forecasting next year's Brazilian corn crop at 107 ...

SpaceX has been launching a steady stream of satellites over the last year, with nearly 600 now in low Earth orbit. They are part of the company's Starlink satellite constellation that aims to bring high-speed internet to every inch of the planet, including hard-to-reach rural areas. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk says his Starlink constellation will provide faster internet ...

For some in the U.S. where the temperatures have been scorching hot, it might be hard to believe that tomorrow is just the first day of Summer! In the Northern Hemisphere, the start date of summer is based on the summer solstice, when the sun is in the most northern point from the Earth’s equator. This will also be the ...

Changes in social patterns resulting from efforts to control COVID-19 are also affecting the electric power industry, and although it is still too early to determine with certainty how the efforts to reduce the spread of the pandemic are affecting the entire sector, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's short-term forecasts provide some perspective on the trends they are seeing. EIA ...

CORN traders are focusing in on the extended U.S. weather forecast. With the USDA estimating +3.3 billion in ending stocks and suspect demand, bears say it will take a significant and wide-spread weather worry to dramatically rally price. Bulls believe the USDA is going to reduce planted acres so the balance sheet is going to shrink in less than two-weeks ...

Coronavirus has no doubt changed the world, leaving business owners and investors alike the daunting task of figuring out which changes will stick and how they might shape consumer trends. New research from Euromonitor shows that the food and beverage industry might be the only industry to witness any growth at all in 2020. However, that growth probably won't be ...

Argentina's recent announcement that it will "rescue" major oilseed crusher Vicentin is raising concerns about nationalizing the country's farming industry as the government faces a political storm set off by the move. The Argentine government says the state takeover is meant to save jobs while critics say it poses a threat to free markets and might be unconstitutional. Keep in ...

We all know that the U.S. Midwest is the heart of farm country. In fact, in America’s midsection, nearly one-third of the population are farmers. Compare that to the coasts where only about one or two out of every 100 people work as farmers. Keep in mind, a farm is defined by the U.S. government as “any place from which ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes are in the news again with new EPA permits making it possible the critters could be released in Florida and Texas this summer. Oxitec, the company behind the GM mosquitoes, was granted an experimental use permit to release millions of them into the Florida Keys and around Houston over the next two years in an effort to ...

CORN bears are thinking the USDA could bump ending stocks higher in tomorrow's June report on another sizable reduction to ethanol demand. I've heard talk that the USDA will probably need to further reduce corn used for ethanol by -100 to -200 million bushels in the weeks ahead. Bulls are hoping that total U.S. production will eventually be adjusted lower ...