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2019/2020 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report Released And Promoted Virtually

2019/2020 Corn Export Cargo Quality Report Released And Promoted Virtually

The 2019/2020 U.S. corn crop faced many challenges, including late planting, delayed maturation and late harvests. Even with these challenges, data compiled in the U.S. Grains Council’s (USGC’s) indicate the majority of the crop – 71.2 percent of samples tested – still had a test weight at or above the limit for U.S. No. 1 grade corn, indicating good quality and demonstrating the resiliency and reliability of the United States as a global grain supplier.

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KyCorn Thanks Roberts and White for Leadership

KyCorn Thanks Roberts and White for Leadership

The Kentucky Corn Growers Association Board of Directors thanked KyCorn President Mark Roberts and Treasurer Dustin White for their leadership and service to the organization at the KyCorn Annual Meeting on Jan. 16. Both completed three consecutive terms in December.

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Crop Production Report Shows Strong Corn and Soybean Yields

Crop Production Report Shows Strong Corn and Soybean Yields

Corn production in Kentucky is forecast at 257 million bushels, down 1 percent from the October forecast and up 19 percent from the previous crop. Yield was estimated at 177 bushels per acre, down 1 bushel from last month and up 2 bushels from the 2018 level. Acres for harvest as grain were estimated at 1.45 million acres, up 220,000 acres from 2018.

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Latest Round of MFP Payments Announced

Latest Round of MFP Payments Announced

USDA has announced the specific details regarding the latest round of Market Facilitation Payments (MFP) totaling up to $14.5 billion of direct payments to eligible farmers. These payments are in response to the estimated adverse impact that U.S. farmers are experiencing related to retaliatory tariffs and other non-tariff barriers being assessed during the on-going trade dispute.

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Kentucky Corn Acreage Up From Last Year

Kentucky Corn Acreage Up From Last Year

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the Acreage and Grain Stocks reports today, showing the Commonwealth’s 2019 corn planted at 1,650,000 acres, up 23 percent from last year.

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NCGA Provides Trade Aid Recommendations to USDA

NCGA Provides Trade Aid Recommendations to USDA

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) today provided the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) with recommendations outlining both short and long-term actions that would provide assistance to farmers facing losses due, in part, to the most recent tariff increases and prolonged trade dispute with China. 

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NCGA Submits WOTUS Comments

NCGA Submits WOTUS Comments

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) this week submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers on the Agencies’ proposed rule revising the definition of waters of the United States, or WOTUS. 

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China Purchases US Corn

China Purchases US Corn

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service announced Friday, March 22 an export sale of 300,000 metric tons of U.S. corn to China.

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Farmers and Monarchs: Perfect Together

Farmers and Monarchs: Perfect Together

To save the monarch, we need about 2.5 million acres of habitat across the Midwest, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Farmers manage much of this region, making them among the most important partners to help restore and enhance this vital habitat.

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EPA Proposes Rule for Year-Round E15

EPA Proposes Rule for Year-Round E15

On March 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed regulatory changes to allow gasoline blended with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) to take advantage of the 1-psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver for the summer months that has historically been applied only to E10.

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NCGA-USMEF Study Highlights the Value to Corn Producers Through Red Meat Exports

NCGA-USMEF Study Highlights the Value to Corn Producers Through Red Meat Exports

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) partnered with the U.S. Meat Export Federation to update a study on the value of red meat exports to domestic U.S. corn growers. In 2018, the study showed beef and pork exports used a combined total of 14.9 million tons of corn and DDGS, which equates to an additional 459.7 million bushels of corn produced – an increase of 29 percent over the 2015 projections. 

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