Global wheat supplies could tighten in the 2026/27 season while corn (maize) production may also dip, the International Grains Council said on Thursday. “Although forecasts remain tentative at this ‌time, ⁠the initial global ⁠wheat supply and demand outlook appears ​slightly tighter in 2026/27, with expectations for a reduced harvest ​and further consumption gains,” the IGC said in a monthly…

Corn Silage Harvest on the Horizon for California Producers

Corn silage harvest time is just around the corner and California producers will want to make sure they are prepared to make important decisions about harvest timing. After approximately three months of growing the corn silage farmers look to maximize the value of their crop by harvesting at the most advantageous time. Technical agronomist for DEKALB in California and Arizona, Barbara Kutzner…

Corn, Soybean Production Up in 2016

USDA Reports Winter Wheat Seedings and Grain Stocks also reported Ample rain and moderate temperatures across the Nation’s mid-section led to record-high yield and production for corn and soybeans, both key U.S. crops, in 2016, according to the Crop Production 2016 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). (more…)

Professor: Well, you see, corn production in Bolivia.

My English Class: How about a thesis?

Professor: Honesty, corn production in Bolivia.

English class: ...conclusion?

Prof: Corn production in Bolivia.

Class: ...how was your weekend?

5 Crops: South America vs USA | AgroNews

Crops: South America vs USA | AgroNews

Here are the comparison tables: 2016–17 South American Soybean Production – MTonnes #

Country Estimate Maximum Minimum ‘15–16’ Brazil 100 103 96 95.5 Argentina 58 60 56 56 Paraguay 9.1 10 8.5 9 Bolivia 3.1 3.5 2.7 3.0 Uruguay 3.0 3.5 2.7 2.0 Total 173.2 180 165.9 165.5 2016–17 South American Corn Production – MTonnes # Country E…

The work in my senior show is a representation on how I feel about conventional focusing specifically on corn. The reason that I have chosen corn is because it is one of the most detrimental crops that we are growing in the US. It is grown specifically for livestock feed and ethanol with a minimal fraction for direct human consumption. Corn itself offers minimal nutritional benefits in comparison to most other vegetable crops and the overproduction of corn crops decreases the benefits all the more.

Artwork:

·         Woodblock Print Series: The extent of how much land is actually used for corn production in relation to other vegetable crops is a staggering figure when regarded on its own. However, finding these actual statistics is not an easy task. When looking at USDA agricultural surveys you encounter roughly 700 pages of farming statistics. Sifting through all that data is a daunting task even for the most determined of people. In a way I believe that this is almost a tactic used by Big Agriculture in order to make it as hard as possible for people to see what is really going on. Therefor in my woodblock print series, I sifted through the 695 pages of the 2012 Agricultural Survey to find what I believe to be the most important statistics and transcribed them onto woodblock prints. To convey what a backwards agricultural system we have in place in the US, I reversed the direction of the charts and the title of the piece in order to distract the viewer and force them to read everything in a backwards manner.

·         Cans on Shelf Sculpture: This sculpture is a direct representation of the ratio between corn land and fresh vegetable land use in the United States. The exact ratio according to 2014 USDA Agricultural Survey is: .09% total US land area for fresh market vegetables compared to 4.1% total US land area for corn land. In order to really get a full grasp of how much land this really is, take into consideration that all of New England makes up 1.8% of total US land area which is less than half as much land as is used to grow corn.

·         Table with Corn Sculpture: This sculpture represents what we indirectly eat in many of our meals. Corn starch and oil is in an enormous proportion of the food we eat and is in many foods we don’t even realize that it is in.  Along with this almost all livestock in the US is fed corn feed every single day. The animals eating this feed often only ever eat it throughout their short lives leaving them unhealthy, diseased, and full of antibiotics and hormones. Therefor the health benefits from eating this meat are next to nil and the detrimental effect on our own bodies has yet to be seen. An eye-opening study done by plant biologist Todd Dawson found that the 69% of the carbon makeup of an average American’s hair came from corn.

·         Self-Portrait Sculpture: I myself am one of the many Americans that is an omnivore and throughout my own life; I have eaten my fair share of industrially farmed meat as well as food loaded with calories from corn. The more I consider the detrimental effects that my average lifestyle has on both the environment and on my own body, I feel physically ill. Although I am not as wasteful as many, no matter how hard we try, it is literally impossible in this day and age not to negatively affect the earth but the only hope we have is to slow the damage.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has torn Sen. Ted Cruz a new one.

He calls Cruz an unfit Republican presidential nominee and is urging Iowa caucus participants to ensure he doesn’t win that state’s candidate selection process.

I’m going to say something good about Cruz, however, even though I do not believe he should be the next president of the United States.

Branstad’s dislike of Cruz well might have…