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Batten Down the Hatches

New York Agriculture & Markets Commissioner Richard Ball said on Friday that the agency is bowing out of regulating hemp in the Empire State.  Ball emphasized that the onerous requirements found in the USDA’s IFR are burdensome for farmers, but also for states, who are responsible for oversight.  Hemp markets are especially vulnerable given the erosion of hemp prices and the increasing regulatory pressure that is testing states’ resolve on the fledglin...

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June 2020 US Consumer Goods Imports & Exports

June 2020 US Consumer Goods Imports & Exports

The US Census Bureau recently released updated import and export data for US Consumer Goods for June. The increases...

Improved Ethanol Margins Lift DDGS Output

Improved Ethanol Margins Lift DDGS Output

Ethanol production increased 8,000 barrels per day to a 926 million-barrel-per-day average during the week ending August 14, 2020.  Ethanol...

Organic Egg Production Eases Slightly

Organic Egg Production Eases Slightly

 

Organic soybean prices are mixed across the United States, as certain pockets are seeing no availability. Merchandisers are reporting...

Fats, Oils, & Fuels Webinar 8/18/20: Customer Q&A

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FSA Offers First Glimpse of 2020 Crop Numbers

FSA Offers First Glimpse of 2020 Crop Numbers

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) gave us our first look at planted hemp acreage yesterday.  We had...

Soybean and Heating Oil Prices Increase

Soybean and Heating Oil Prices Increase

World vegetable oil prices surged higher on Wednesday on bullish fundamental palm oil data and funds spreading in the...

Soybean Oil Futures Jumps One Cent Following USDA Report

Soybean Oil Futures Jumps One Cent Following USDA Report

World vegetable oil prices surged higher on Wednesday on bullish fundamental palm oil data and funds spreading...

Courts Have Key Role in Developing Hemp Markets

Courts Have Key Role in Developing Hemp Markets

Hemp markets developed under unique circumstances, with unique regulatory pressures that shaped hemp’s novel supply and demand fundamentals. ...

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