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The National Cotton Council is praising the Environmental Protection Agency and Health and Human Services announcement related to microplastics. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the announcement relating to microplastics in drinking water and the human body. According to the National Cotton Council, “NCC is encouraged by EPA’s decision to designate …
Stocks in processing for peanuts has been released for the month of February. That’s coming from USDA’s Ag Statistics Service. They said shelled animal use of peanuts is up slightly from last year after last month posting a four percent drop. The peanut stocks reported a commercial storage of about 532 billion pounds equivalent farmer stock, and that is up 34 percent. So an …
Ag Statistics Service of USDA has released the estimated planted acres this year for all the major crops. They always announce it on March 31st to give us an indication of what’s going to happen on the farm this year. Checking on peanuts. Growers intend to plant 1.67 million acres of peanuts this year. That is down 14 percent across the country compared with last year. Acreage …
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released the Cotton Prospective Plantings Report for the month of March. The following data and report is provided by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. “Growers intend to plant 9.64 million acres of all cotton across the United States, which is up 4 percent from the previous year. Cotton producers in Georgia expect to plant …
During March we had the National Agriculture Day and what was encouraged is that we start using the label product of USA. According to Secretary Rollins of the Agriculture Department, she said our great patriot ranchers and producers grow, raise, and harvest the world’s safest, most affordable, and abundant food supply. American consumers want to support America by buying American and this label will …
The grain trade has had two days now to react to the acreage and stocks numbers from Tuesday. We expect a mostly quiet end to the trade today ahead of the Easter weekend. Looking at this grain trade, first weekly crop progress report of the season is next Monday afternoon, and with April showers, early fieldwork delayed, but rain is going to …
We track 48 commodities on a daily basis at the Bottom Line Report. Grains, livestock, energies, financials, and more. Now with three months in the books as we begin the second quarter, our list showing that energy is clearly leading the way. Heating oil, crude oil, gasoline, and natural gas. One, two, three, and four on that list of 48. But right behind and …
Well, one report this week might indicate some decisions have to be made about where you plant corn, peanuts, cotton, and where water is available or not. The National Weather Service reports that severe to extreme drought conditions are across the region. Drought conditions remain the worst experience, they said, since 2012. Long-term hydraulic drought impacts persist with also the significant impacts to rivers …
Peanut farmers, cotton farmers, and others are trying to figure out exactly what they’re going to plant this year. One thing we’ve learned is the PLC program, or Price Loss Coverage, or the ARC program put on by the government, they are decoupled from production. Both are determined by the farm’s base acres and the payment yield. Both base and payment yields are historical …
The calendar turns to April next Wednesday. USDA’s first weekly crop update comes the following Monday, but state ag departments continue their weekly updates and the early picture for winter wheat shows damaged caused by temperature fluctuations the last 30, 45 days. Top producing state, Kansas, reporting good to excellent ratings now below 50%, well below USDA’s fall rating, 62%. And in fact, the lowest early spring …
