June 14th, 2019 St Joseph Yellow Corn 4.37 – 4.38 White Corn no bid Soybeans 8.32 – 8.37 LifeLine Foods 4.38 Atchison Yellow Corn 4.48 – 4.53 Soybeans 8.31 Hard Wheat 4.61 Soft Wheat 5.03 Kansas City Truck Bids Yellow Corn 4.48 – 4.53 White Corn 4.53 – 4.68 Soybeans […]
Wisconsin senator wants details on secret ag deal with Mexico
Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin is demanding that President Trump release more details of the deal he announced with Mexico to increase U.S. ag exports. Over the weekend, Trump said on Twitter that “Mexico has agreed to immediately begin buying large quantities of agricultural product from our great Patriot farmers.” However, the administration hasn’t given out […]
Midwest states get most help from 2018 MFP payments
American Farm Bureau analysis says farmers in five Midwestern states claimed just about half of the more than $8.5 billion in trade help from the USDA as compensation for losses due to trade disputes. The analysis shows that Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Indiana received just about half of the Market Facilitation Program payments that […]
ERS and NIFA will relocate to the Kansas City region
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says the USDA will move the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to the Kansas City Region. Perdue says the site selection process was rigorous and the Kansas City Region provides a win-win. “It maximizes our mission function by putting taxpayer savings into programs and […]
USDA choice of Kansas City should benefit entire four-state region
By BRENT MARTIN St. Joseph Post A big win for the greater Kansas City area, one which could benefit the entire four-state region. The United States Department of Agriculture has announced it will move its Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City. Agriculture Secretary Sonny […]
Daily Cash Grain Bids
June 13th, 2019 St Joseph Yellow Corn 4.26 – 4.27 White Corn no bid Soybeans 8.23 – 8.28 LifeLine Foods 4.27 Atchison Yellow Corn 4.37 – 4.42 Soybeans 8.23 Hard Wheat 4.53 Soft Wheat 5.00 Kansas City Truck Bids Yellow Corn 4.37 – 4.42 White Corn 4.41 – 4.54 Soybeans […]
Growth energy intervenes in E15 court challenge
Growth Energy Wednesday filed a motion in a U.S. federal appeals court to intervene in a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule allowing year-round E15 sales. The final rule is being challenged by the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers who filed the lawsuit on Monday. Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor called the challenge “no […]
Senate finance plans USMCA hearing, Trump sides with farmers
Senator Chuck Grassley this week announced a planned hearing regarding the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Grassley, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, says the committee will hear testimony from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The committee will hold the hearing, “The President’s 2019 Trade Policy Agenda and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement,” next Tuesday morning. Grassley told reporters […]
Kansas City wins big, lands relocation of two USDA agencies in stiff nationwide competition
By BRENT MARTIN St. Joseph Post Kansas City pulls off a coup, winning an intense competition to land two branches of the United States Department of Agriculture. United States Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced this morning the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute for Food and Agricultural Policy (NIFA) will move from their […]
Governor Parson applauds Secretary Sonny Perdue for choosing Kansas City as the ext home of two USDA agencies
Today, Governor Mike Parson congratulated Kansas City and all of Missouri for being selected by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue as the new home of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agricultural Policy (NIFA). BREAKING: The @USDA announced that it will be moving @USDA_ERS & @USDA_NIFA offices to […]