Feb 14
The future of the agriculture industry is in good hands, the Minore Scholarship Committee of the National Wheat Foundation discerned as it selected two recipients to receive a $2,500 scholarship each. Reading through the applications demonstrated to the committee that there are many exceptional young people in a variety of agriculture majors who are and …
Feb 14
RON’s Dave Lanning has a pre-opening look at today’s agricultural Markets. Click the audio tab below for today’s report.
Feb 13
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 11.4 million cotton acres this spring, down 17.0 percent from 2022, according to the National Cotton Council’s 42nd Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey. (see table attached) Upland cotton intentions are 11.2 million acres, down 17.3 percent from 2022, while extra-long staple (ELS) intentions of 184,000 acres represent a …
Feb 13
Today, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) announced the 2023 recipients of the Friends of NACD District Grants Program during NACD’s 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA. The Friends of NACD District Grants Program supports locally led conservation and advances climate resilience, education and youth development, and food security. Now in its fourth …
Feb 13
Members of the U.S. Grains Council (USGC) gathered in-person in Savannah, GA for the first day of the Council’s 20th International Marketing Conference and 63rd Annual Membership Meeting, held Feb. 13-15, and began planning for the organization’s market development strategies for 2023. Council Chairman Josh Miller opened the first general session of the event and …
Feb 13
Higher renewable fuel volumes over the next three years would go a long way in improving energy security, lowering gas prices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to recent comments the National Corn Growers Association submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, requires that U.S. transportation fuel contain …
