News

Sep 21, 2018

Hopeful Signs for Canadian Grain Transportation

Railways are investing in equipment and hiring more employees

Sep 20, 2018

Myanmar Approves U.S. Sorghum Imports

Opens an important door for feed producers who want access to the grain

Sep 20, 2018

Bayer Discusses Monsanto Integration

Seeds and traits, chemicals, and digital agriculture are part of the plan

Sep 20, 2018

Fraud-Stricken Minnesota Co-op Looks for Quick Sale

Elevator is talking with three other cooperatives in the region to buy or lease it

Sep 20, 2018

Rail Cars Available in South Dakota for Harvest

Grain shuttle trains are waiting for orders

Sep 20, 2018

Indigo Launches Marketplace for Farmers to Sell Grain

Since platform rolled out in June, buyers have placed more than 4,000 bids worth $2 billion

Sep 20, 2018

POET Opens Ethanol Plant Expansion in Marion, OH

$120M project offers 150M-gallon biofuel capacity, 360,000 tons of animal feed/year

Sep 20, 2018

North Dakota Finds Itself in Eye of Trade Storm

Some elevators not running storage programs for farmers; others shipping more wheat, corn to make room for soybeans

Sep 19, 2018

Sanderson Farms Provides Update on Hurricane Damage

Company resumed operations at its feed mill in Kinston, NC, Monday morning

Sep 19, 2018

China's Strategy in Soybean Trade War

Country is confident it can wean itself off U.S. soy with little financial pain

Sep 19, 2018

Grain Space Running Tight

Elevators won’t have as much space for grain as in previous years

Sep 19, 2018

Louisiana Man Dies in Grain Silo

Burciaga Martinez, 47, became trapped after falling in

Sep 19, 2018

Grain Elevators Blend Wheat to Meet Falling Number Standard

Overseas customers won’t see starch damage problems in shipments from Pacific Northwest

Sep 19, 2018

Tyson Foods Deploys Disaster Relief to North Carolina

Company will send teams to prepare meals for those affected by and responding to the disaster

Sep 19, 2018

Ethanol Markets Unaffected by Higher Chinese Tariff

Chinese import tariff on undenatured U.S. ethanol will rise from 65% to 75%

Sep 18, 2018

Diamond V Adds to Research Team

Andrea Binnebose joins as senior research scientist, microbiology

Sep 18, 2018

PMI Adds Senior Technical Sales Consultant

Kevin Kouri was recently with Poulin Grains Inc.

Sep 18, 2018

K-State ASI Addresses African Swine Fever Virus in Feed

On-farm biosecurity practices to feed mills are important

Sep 18, 2018

Companies Partner to Enhance Feed Mill Workflow

Strategic partnership will optimize traceability and logistics in feed industry

Sep 18, 2018

SMA Launches New Website

Features photo galleries of recent projects

Sep 18, 2018

Martin Engineering Vibrators Go Pink

Company will donate $50 from sale of every unit to Susan G. Komen Foundation

Sep 18, 2018

China Retaliates Against New U.S. Tariffs

China: U.S. steps have brought “new uncertainty” to talks between the two countries

Sep 18, 2018

Soybeans Plunge to Decade Low

Prices fell more than 1% on Tuesday amid a quickly advancing U.S. harvest, escalation in trade tensions with China

Sep 18, 2018

Farmers Cooperative Elevator Marks 100 Years

The Halstead, KS, will celebrate anniversary by awarding annual scholarships

Photo: Patricia Middleton/Newton Kansan

Sep 18, 2018

Green Plains to Shutter Two Iowa Ethanol Plants

Company’s plant in Fairmont, MN, is also running at half capacity

File photo

Sep 18, 2018

Primghar, IA, Grain Elevator Rebuilds After Fire

Company has renovated steel grain bin into new office building after last year's event

Sep 18, 2018

AGCO Launches Agriculture Foundation

AGCO Agriculture Foundation will support global food security, sustainable agriculture development

Sep 18, 2018

Banner Soybean Harvest with Nowhere to Sell

Farmers are scrambling to find ways to store the soybean crop they can’t sell

Sep 18, 2018

ASABE使结束粮库访问Standard

Recommendations are designed to provide enhanced protection for those who must enter grain bins

Sep 17, 2018

Landus Co-op Ready for Harvest After Explosion

Last month's explosion injured two people, caused significant damage to Rake, IA, facility

Recently Added to Buyer's Guide

Semi-Automatic Hand-Prompt Batching Station

  • Designed to eliminate bad batches resulting from operator error and interruption
  • Operator involvement through each step in the batching process

C-LEVER EVA HE Controller

  • For bulk solids, accuracy is not impacted by different material densities, irregular material flows or extreme friction
  • All connections available (Ethernet, Profibus, CANbus, etc.) as standard equipment to easily connect/coordinate with existing systems

SORTEX H SpectraVision

  • Real-time tracking of sorting performance and emergency warnings with SORTEX Monitoring System
  • Newly designed in-house full-color cameras provide best color differentiation for subtlest of color defects

Feed Ordering Hub

  • Cloud-based hub designed to increase feed ordering and scheduling automation
  • Allows feed mills to make data-driven decisions and allocate resources better

24" Scalperators

  • Provides high capacity method for removing roughage, light fines and chaff in a single pass
  • Large material scalping and air density separation in one pass

Aqua MicroFeed System

  • Enables users to produce microfeed at 40% increased capacity
  • Optimized die can withstand higher pressure caused by smaller holes due to stronger construction, larger diameter and bigger open surface, and smart die base to create equal distribution of feed toward larger die

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Marketwatch: Jul, 05

US Corn Price Idx:ZCPAUS.CM

open: 7.0534
high: 7.0536
low: 7.0522
close: 7.0522

US Soybean Price Idx:ZSPAUS.CM

open: 15.3606
high: 15.3675
low: 15.3604
close: 15.3647

US Hard Red Winter Wheat Price Idx:KEPAUS.CM

open: 8.6183
high: 8.6227
low: 8.6183
close: 8.6218

US Soft Red Winter Wheat Price Idx:ZWPAUS.CM

open: 7.8093
high: 7.8093
low: 7.8093
close: 7.8093