Washington DC - April 9 - The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report provides USDA’s comprehensive forecasts of supply and demand for major U.S. and global crops and U.S. livestock.

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Washington DC - April 1 - U.S. farmers plan to plant a record-high 78.1 million acres to soybeans in 2010, according to the Prospective Plantings report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Washington DC - March 31 - Corn stocks in all positions on March 1, 2010 totaled 7.69 billion bushels, up 11 percent from March 1, 2009. All wheat totaled 1.35 billion bushels, up 30 percent. Soybeans stored totaled 1.27 billion bushels, down 2 percent from March 1, 2009.

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Washington DC - February 18 - The American Soybean Association (ASA) is calling for the Senate to reinsert a retroactive extension of the biodiesel tax incentive in the first Jobs Bill it passes to save the jobs of 23,000 people working in the biodiesel industry.

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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 - January 4 -  A new soybean line developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists is good news for growers. The line, JTN-5109, is effective against the most virulent soybean cyst nematode, called LY1, a pervasive soybean pest worldwide.

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Washington DC - December 31 - The Amazon is being cleared both by soybean growers and by ranchers, who are expanding Brazil’s national herd of beef cattle. Oftentimes, soybean growers buy land from cattlemen, who have cleared the land and grazed it for a few years, pushing them ever deeper into the Amazon rainforest.

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Washington DC - November 16 - Current atmospheric ozone levels are already suppressing soybean yields, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists and university cooperators studying the effect of global climate change on crops.

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Washington DC - November 16 - The U.S. Import Price Index rose 0.7 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, led by a 1.8 percent increase in fuel prices. U.S. export prices advanced 0.3 percent in October.

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Washington DC - October 13 - Strong export and crush demand and a tighter-than-expected supply report from the Agriculture Department should mean an improving price picture for soybeans, according to Terry Francl, senior economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation.

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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 - June 2 - Due to the volatile price nature of biodiesel and soybean oil, biodiesel profitability can change rapidly from month to month.In addition, price variability of two of its other inputs, methanol and natural gas, add to the variability of biodiesel profitability.

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Washington DC -August 12- Despite June’s severe flooding in the Midwest, U.S. farmers are on pace to produce the second largest corn crop and fourth largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

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Washington DC -May 13- Tight supplies and strong demand mean prices for corn and soybeans are likely to remain high for the foreseeable future, according to American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) economic analysis of two recent government reports.

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Washington DC -May 8- Members of the U.S. House-Senate Farm Bill Conference Committee today moved one step closer to approving a farm bill. Principle negotiators announced they have reached an agreement on the new farm bill.

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