Washington DC - March 10 - Corn harvested area declined 10,000 acres in Michigan, but was unchanged in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Corn production in the U.S. is estimated at 13.1 billion bushels, down fractionally from previous estimates.

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Washington DC - January 12 - A consortium of agricultural groups, producers, agribusinesses, food companies and conservation organizations has come together to address the food, fuel and fiber needs of a world whose population is expected to explode.

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Washington DC - December 28 - The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy issued a joint statement relating to a complaint they filed in Federal District Court concerning the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Washington DC - December 14 - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa called for improved access for U.S. agricultural products to the Indian market following the release of a U.S. International Trade Commission report showing a serious impediment to U.S. agricultural exports.

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Washington DC - November 25 - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that it might be more cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable to use corn stover for generating an energy-rich oil called bio-oil and for making biochar to enrich soils and sequester carbon.

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Washington DC - October 30 - For the second year in a row, world grain production rose in 2008, with farmers producing some 2.3 billion tons. The record harvest was up more than 7 percent over the previous year.

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Washington DC - October 21 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that approximately 255 million base acres on about 1.7 million farms were enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) and in the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program.

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Washington DC - September 14 - USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) forecasts 13 billion bushels of corn, the second-largest crop in history, a record-setting yield and a 100 million bushel increase in exports.

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Washington DC - September 2 - Studies by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist in Peoria, Ill. have determined that corn germ can be used as a protein extender for plywood glues, potentially opening the door to a new market for the agricultural byproduct.

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Washington DC -July 17- A bipartisan coalition of members in Congress have introduced a bill this to slow rising food prices by redirecting subsidies for gasoline refiners who use corn ethanol to the producers of “second generation” biofuels made from waste products.

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Washington DC - July 13 - Ideal growing conditions across much of the Corn Belt so far this summer point to the second-largest corn crop ever, which is bringing a bearish tone to the market.

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Washington DC - May 14 - Cool and wet spring weather across much of the eastern Corn Belt has delayed planting in many states which could mean a drop of as much as 2 million acres in corn acreage this year.

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Washington DC –March 19- Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) have introduced a bipartisan measure to reduce the tariffs on imported ethanol. This would enable U.S. refiners to purchase cheaper and more environmentally-friendly ethanol from foreign sources.

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Washington DC -December 4- Future food and farm policy were the topics during the Farm Jounal  Food and Agriculture Policy Summit held here this week.

During an exclusive interview, Farm Journal Washington Editor Roger Bernard talked with WashingtonView.com editor Mike Duncan about the future of agriculture and food policy.

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Washington DC -November 12- Corn and soybean producers will likely have to wait until the first of the new year for any rally in prices while cotton producers may continue to struggle with low prices, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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SOURCE: American Farm Bureau Federation

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