Thiesse's Thoughts  

USDA REPORT USDA released its “Supply and Demand Report” on December 11. Corn carry-over estimates were lowered by 50 million bushels, compared to November...

Brock Online Notes 

China Could Buy 1.5 MMT Of U.S. Soybeans
A Chinese soybean delegation scheduled to visit the United States this week is expected to sign contracts to buy about 1.5 million metric tons of soybeans, a senior crusher official told Reuters News Service on Friday....

Governor’s Conference on Agriculture 

Dave Kohl

Over Thanksgiving week I was a speaker at the 38th annual Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture. This was held in Osage Beach in the Lake of the Ozarks....

Crop Share Rent Agreements Require Attention To Details 

University of Minnesota Extension Service

Crop share rent arrangements takes some extra bookkeeping and attention to details – for both landlords and tenants. The landlord needs to get even more...

Rural Digital Divide Distances Development 

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The information revolution has completely bypassed nearly one billion people, creating a digital divide that hinders development, the UN Food and Agriculture...

New Fact Sheets On Farm Transfer, Estate Planning Available 

University of Minnesota Extension Service

Newly updated fact sheets on transferring the farm and estate planning are now available from the University of Minnesota Extension Service. They were...

Trip Across Big Red Country 

Dave Kohl

This past week I spent time in Nebraska. Boy, the sports talk radio DJs are not kind to the coaching staff of the football team!...

Brock Online Notes 

China Shows More Interest In U.S. Soy, Wheat
There was more evidence Monday that trade relations between the U.S. and China are back on track. A high-ranking Chinese official on Monday said Beijing may again put U.S. soybeans and wheat on its shopping list....

ASA Urges USTR to Challenge EU Traceability and Labeling Requirements 

American Soybean Association

The U.S. should engage in a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement proceeding against the European Union’s (EU) new requirements for the traceability...

Thiesse's Thoughts  

Kent Thiesse

Energy Bill Not Passed

For several months, it has appeared highly likely that the U.S. Congress would pass a comprehensive Energy Bill that would enhance opportunities for development of renewable energy sources and potentially benefit rural communities....

New Extension Publication Gives 2004 Machinery Cost Estimates 

University of Minnesota Extension Service

To find estimates of farm machinery operation costs for late 2003 and 2004, check the latest publications from the University of Minnesota Extension Service....

Some Rootworms Can Resist Insecticides, Study Shows 

Purdue University

Corn growers have a battery of weapons available to them in combating the western corn rootworm, but none of the munitions hit their target every time....

Study Details New Challenges Confronting U.S. Soybean Industry 

University of Illinois

The regional distribution of soybean production and processing capacity in the world has shifted dramatically during the last decade. This change will...

Views from the Bankers’ Conference 

Dave Kohl

Recently I addressed the 51st annual Agricultural Bankers Convention in San Antonio, TX. This was my 26th consecutive year addressing this audience....

Brock Online Notes 

Penn: China Trade Spat ‘Short Term’ Trade tensions between the United States and China caused by the announcement of new U.S. quotas on Chinese textile shipments are likely a "short-term" problem as China still needs U.S. soybeans and cotton, USDA Undersecretary J.B. Penn said Monday.

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