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Changing marketing patterns are driving that demand, largely as a result of COVID-19, which has led to reduced livestock feed and ethanol demand and a strong incentive to carry grain beyond harvest.
According to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, which was the first report of the year to begin tracking corn silking and soybean blooming, both are slightly ahead of last year's progress.
With growing demand for sorghum, growers now have the advanced technology to achieve their crop production goals with igrowth from Alta Seeds. As the first commercially available herbicide-tolerant technology for grain sorghum, igrowth will give growers the ability to realize the full potential of their sorghum acres in 2021.
The German-based Bayer is halting work on a new dicamba plant in Luling, Louisiana, but says the move is unrelated to a recent federal court decision that blocked sales and use of certain herbicides based on the product.
The most recent USDA crop progress report shows nearly all corn in the U.S. (95%) has emerged as of the week ended June 14, 2020, well above the 74% emerged this time last year and the 5 year average of 92%.
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