In other words, we need to have perfect weather or the 12 million more acres to be planted to keep up with demand will not be enough to keep our ending stocks from shrinking. If we do plant the 90 million acres suggested and yields are equal to last year with the projected USDA usage and demand our ending stocks will still come in under 1 b. Clearly, importers await new crop harvest in may and June of our hard red winter wheat crop that currently is off to a great start and with continued...

He also noted that issues could crop up regionally in areas that see an abundance of corn harvested. Locking in a price may be one option for producers intending to plant more corn, but they should check with their local elevators before counting on this solution. With the increase in corn acres expected this year, attention now has turned to possible grain storage problems. But because even small piles go bad faster than large ones, Hurburgh said the best option is to pile corn over fans...

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April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Rains in Brazil's biggest corn- producing state will help nourish recently planted seeds for the mid-season harvest, a meteorologist said. Corn farmers in Brazil, the world's third-biggest grower, are forecast to harvest a record output in the current crop year, boosted by abundant rainfall since December. Two cold air fronts will bring as much as 120 millimeters (5 inches) of showers to the southern state of Parana, which accounts for a quarter of Brazil's corn...

Distillers dried grains or DDGs are what's left over after distillers turn ground corn into alcohol, the hulls and other solids usually fed to livestock, especially ruminants like cattle and sheep that can digest the high fibrous feed. URBANA Ethanol is the star on the agriculture stage now, but behind the scenes, University of Illinois animal scientists are casting the spotlight on its not-so-sexy byproduct. Advertisement UI animal scientists Larry Berger and Carl Parsons, a poultry...

Although a freeze warning for Monday was canceled, low temperatures this past weekend ranging from the upper 20s to 30s on Saturday and Sunday have placed many crops in peril. The state usually has the second-highest peach production in the nation behind California, and the peach industry grosses approximately $40 million annually. South Carolina farmers had increased their corn crops this year because of rising demand and market prices that are passing $4 a bushel. secretary of...

The acreage reports are based on surveys conducted during the first two weeks of March from a sample of more than 86,000 farm operators across the United States. Acreage of crop expected to increase due to high prices, demand. Local officials attribute the increase to the high corn prices, partly driven by a growing ethanol demand and strong export sales. Others are hoping it will also be a good year for the crops. With the drought-like conditions farmers experienced last year, the weather...

Published by Jessica Duncan April 9th, 2007 in Climate Justice, Transportation, Politics, Oil, Poverty, Resources, Clean Cars, Renewable Energy While the 1990s were marked by Food for Oil, The first quarter of the Twenty-First Century will be marked by Food AS Oil, and the implications of this for food security and food sovereignty are significant. Published by Jessica Duncan April 9th, 2007 in Climate Justice, Transportation, Politics, Oil, Poverty, Resources, Clean Cars, Renewable Energy...

But the booming ethanol industry is expected to gobble up 50 percent more corn this year to feed hungry ethanol plants, competing with the food sector. Bruce Babcock, professor of economics and director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, thinks meat will increase 2 percent to 7 percent, with beef at the lower end of the spectrum since cattle can graze and eat dried distillers' grains --- a byproduct of ethanol production --- and pork on the top end. The intent is to keep...