When it comes to supply/demand analyses for corn, ethanol has taken over the top spot on the demand side of the equation, at least temporarily. Back in 2009/10 feed/residual use was 5.125 billion bu while corn used for ethanol was 4.591 billion bu, according to USDA. However, in 2010/11 corn used for ethanol rose to 5.021 billion bu while feed use fell to 4.793 billion bu. USDA predicts that ethanol will widen its lead over feed in 2011/12 with 5.0 billion bu of corn consumed for ethanol, but only 4.550 billion bu going for feed use.If USDA's projections for 2012/13 hold up, feed/residual will retake the lead with feed demand jumping up to 5.450 billion bu while corn for ethanol stays flat at 5.0 billion bu. Assuming that corn feeding in...
What You Need to Know Today: Declining crop conditions ratings and shaky results from the Pro Farmer crop tour sent grains sharply higher on Tuesday. The Pro Farmer tour in Ohio pegged the state yield at 180.18 BPA, about 5.5 BPA below the tour’s 2025 estimate. Similarly, the Pro Farmer...
Mediterranean/Middle East/North Africa/Africa – MEA Region Egypt is the largest importer of Brazilian maize in the first six months of 2026. Egypt imported about 28.4 percent of maize exports, or about 1.7 million MT. Iran was the third-largest importer at 14.5 percent, or 900,000 MT, fol...
Based on a Depression-era statute, President Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs on $20 billion of exports to the U.S., or about 5.2 percent of the $383 billion worth of goods the U.S. imported from Canada in 2025, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Of that total, about $39.3 billion was agricu...
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