Last year, total corn production was 15.1 billion bushels, up 7% the 2020 estimate, per USDA’s latest report. The average U.S. yield was a record-high 177 bu. per acre, 5.6 bu. above the 2020 yield.

Thirty minutes north of Omaha, outside Blair, Nebraska, the aroma of steaming corn—damp and sweet—falls upon my car like a heavy curtain. The farmland rolls on, and the source of the smell ...

The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was back up 3 1/2 cents at $4.25 1/2. EIA released their weekly petroleum status report this morning, with ethanol production rising 43,000 ...

The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price is up a penny at $4.66 1/2. The EIA report from Thursday morning showed a total of 1.084 million barrels of ethanol production in the week of ...

The amount of nitrogen fertilizer needed to maximize the profitability of corn production in the Midwest has been increasing by about 1.2% per year for the past three decades, a trend driven by ...

That includes tomatoes, melons, grapes, peaches, and strawberries. It’s also critical for the development of corn and soybeans, which represent roughly two-thirds of America’s commodity crops by acres ...