MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 19 -- Crop Science, a journal from the Crop Science Society of America that says it includes crop breeding and genetics; physiology and metabolism; ecology, production, and management, published research articles, including the following topics, in its January/February 2022 edition: REVIEW AND INTERPRETATION PAPERS: * Maize diversity for fall armyworm resistance in a warming world * Breeding for resistance and integrated management of web blight in common bean ORIGI  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. 304) entitled "The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture". The report was written by Stephen Morgan, Shawn Arita, Jayson Beckman, Saquib Ahsan, Dylan Russell, Philip Jarrell and Bart Kenner. * * * Abstract In 2018, the United States imposed Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from major trading partners and separately Section 301 tariffs o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. 304) entitled "The Economic Impacts of Retaliatory Tariffs on U.S. Agriculture": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Results This report documented the effects from retaliatory tariffs at the national level to provide an overall perspective for the United States. We then provided impacts at the commodity level, highlighting those most affected. Finally, this report presented   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. FDS-22a) on January 14, 2022, entitled "Feed Outlook: January 2022". The report was written by Michael McConnell, Olga Liefert, Angelica Williams and Amy Boline. * * * U.S. Corn Supplies Boosted by Record Yield Reported for 2021/22 U.S. corn production is raised to 15,115 million bushels--a 7 percent increase from 2020/21 production. Total corn use is projected to be slightl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. OCS-22a) on Jan. 14, 2022, by Aaron M. Ates and Maria Bukowski entitled "Oil Crops Outlook: January 2022": * * * 2021/22 Global Soybean Stocks Fall in Tandem with South American Production Global soybean production for 2021/22 is reduced by 9.2 million tons to 372.56 million metric tons in response to lower yields in South American crops. Nevertheless, 2021/22 global producti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. WHS-22a) on Jan. 14, 2022, by Andrew Sowelland Bryn Swearingen entitled "Wheat Outlook: January 2022": * * * U.S. Winter Wheat Plantings Largest in 6 Years U.S. winter wheat plantings for the 2022/23 marketing year were reported in the January 12 Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report published by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Winter wheat is estima  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 18 (TNSRes) -- Nebraska Farm Bureau issued the following news release: The Nebraska Farm Bureau (NEFB) has identified three trade priorities for the Biden administration following a year with little movement on the topic. As a majority of the world's consumers reside outside U.S. borders, international trade is vital to the economic future of Nebraska's farm and ranch families. The success of international trade has led to agricultural exports consistently accounting for  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report (WASDE - 620) on Jan. 12, 2022: * * * Here are excerpts: WHEAT: The outlook for 2021/22 U.S. wheat this month is for smaller supplies, reduced domestic use, lower exports, and higher ending stocks. Imports are lowered 10 million bushels to 100 million on a slower than expected pace for Durum and Hard Red Spring. Feed and residual use is lowered 25 million bushel  more