The winds of change swept through the grain markets this week. Everything from major trade talks between China and the U.S. to behind-average planting progress to severe weather in parts of the Midwest weighed on prices.
Cuba’s corn yields have stagnated around 33 bushels per acres for decades; now the country is looking to start planting genetically modified corn and GM soybeans with much higher yield potential. Read more
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The announcement of the signing of a phytosanitary protocol for shipments of U.S. rice to China on July 19 represented more than 10 years of efforts to win an agreement by the U.S. rice industry. Read more
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