This time last year, farmers were already in the field, running planters full out to get the corn crop in the ground. Many of those early-planted fields were whacked with a double whammy of freezes and drought....More

Available data on exports and ethanol appear to indicate that the surge in corn price this year had the intended effect. Corn exports are down sharply and ethanol production has slowed down considerably compared to a year ago....More

For the record, history tells us the practice of feeding groups of cattle to slaughter weight is at least as old as the nation itself. The sprawling, business-first, intensively managed cattle feeding industry of today grew from those California roots to Arizona and finally the High Plains in the 1950s and 1960s. Farmer-feeders had already been going strong in the Corn Belt and as far west as places like Colorado for decades....More

Anyone hoping for relief and common sense from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding a waiver to the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) mandate for the production of corn ethanol was unsurprised but disappointed Friday....More