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Author: Edith Munro

The importance of infrastructure

July 2013 - MOVING CANADA’S RECORD CORN AND SOYBEAN CROPS “ontario just had its biggest corn crop in history, and the US has shifted from being our biggest competitor to one of our biggest customers. If you are…
The best and worst of times

May 2013 - BRAZIL’S STRUGGLE WITH PRODUCTION GROWTH the potential for Brazil to become an agricultural powerhouse has long had analysts anticipating the country will surpass the United States in soybean production and exports – and 2013 may…
A formidable competitor

May 2013 - UKRAINE INCREASING GRAIN EXPORT SALES long recognized as as a major wheat and barley producer, Ukraine is evolving into an important source of corn and soybeans and a “formidable competitor” for regional export sales, according…
The evolution of tiling technology

April 2013 - HOW AMERICAN FARMERS ARE ADDRESSING N RUNOFF Nearly 200 years after US farmers began installing subsurface drainage, tiling practices are evolving to help address new agronomic issues such as nitrate loss from runoff. Tiling is…
US market outlook

January 2013 - FALLOUT FROM THE DROUGHT as us farmers combined the last fields of soybeans, many agreed the results from 2012’s exceptional drought could have been a lot worse. The November United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
Web Special

Agriculture and the US election

October 2012 - . There’s a legend that Walter Goeppinger, who founded the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), turned down the chance to be John Kennedy’s secretary of agriculture because Goeppinger wanted to maintain his influence with both…
Fallout from the US drought

October 2012 - FOOD VERSUS FUEL DEBATE REVIVED optimists point out that even with a drought-induced 13% drop in yields, the United States is projected to harvest 10.8 billion bushels (bbu) of corn this year – a crop…
US Farm Bill

September 2012 - EXTERNAL FACTORS COMPLICATE PASSAGE maneuvering a farm bill through the US Congress is always a challenge that depends on coalition-building within and outside agriculture, but passage this year is further complicated by U.S. elections, budget…
For India and agriculture

May 2012 - A WORLD TRANSFORMED half a century has transformed India from a poster child for hunger – in the 1950s everyone knew about “the starving millions in India” – to an agricultural powerhouse capable in most…
Ag imports unfazed by political turmoil

May 2012 - KEY AG COMMODITIES LOOKING BETTER THAN EVER a year of political turmoil has devastated some aspects of Egypt’s economy – notably tourism, which is down more than 85% – but imports of key agricultural commodities…