Market and Trade News

• Harvest Crop Insurance Prices Fall Below Spring Guarantees at $4.88 for Corn, $12.84 for Soybeans, more here.
• NCGA applaud USDA releasing $1.3 billion in funds from the CCC to support trade promotion to diversify and develop markets for commodities and specialty crop industries, more here.
• The U.S. corn harvest is 59 percent finished according to Monday’s Crop Progress report. More market perspectives here.
• Interested in learning more about the top U.S. grain export customers? Check USGC's portal here.
• The DDGS/cash corn ratio of 1.23 is above last week’s value and the three-year average of 1.02. The DDGS/soymeal ratio is steady with the prior week at 0.43, which is below the three-year average of 0.51. More DDGS market info here..

Maryland Crop Progress

• Corn is 88% harvested.
• Soybeans are 59% harvested.
• Winter wheat is 80% planted and 53% emerged.

Maryland Grain Producers Offering $15,000 in Scholarships

The Maryland Grain Producers are offering a total of $15,000 through seven scholarships for the 2024 to 2025 school year. There are three different scholarship opportunities for Grain Producer Members and non-members. Applications are due online by January 31st.

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Groups Call on NHTSA to Rethink Proposed CAFE Standards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's proposed new fuel economy standards "greatly missed the intent" of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program to enhance energy security, according to technical comments filed by the NCGA, RFA, and NFU. Read more online here.

Stink Bugs - The Good, the Bad, and How to Get Rid of Them

BLACKSBURG, Va. -- With summerlike temperatures on their way out and cooler temperatures moving in, homeowners may start to see more uninvited guests inside, particularly the brown marmorated stink bug. Virginia Tech experts say not only are these bugs a nuisance, they also pose an economic threat. More here.

President Biden Announces Over $5 Billion to Support Rural Communities

WASHINGTON -- President Biden traveled to Northfield, Minnesota to visit Dutch Creek Farms to lead his Administration’s Investing in Rural America Event Series and highlight investments from the Biden Administration in Rural America. More here.

Maryland Grain Producers Seeking Checkoff Proposal, read more here.

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Alveo, Corteva Partner in Advancing Crop Disease Diagnostics

Alveo is collaborating with Corteva Agriscience to expand the offering of its eco-friendly molecular sensing and disease diagnostics technology t include a first-in-field agricultural disease diagnostic. The platform was designed from the bottom up to enable detection and diagnosis of pathogens earlier given its portability, ease of use, robust and rugged designed, multiplexing capability, high accuracy, coupled with fast times to result. Alveo says the platform provides accurate results in less than an hour – without the need to send a sample to a lab. More here.

Aeration Important for Grain Quality and Safety

Keeping grain in good condition is important for farmers’ bottom line by allowing them to sell high-grade grain and maintain all their marketing options. Good grain management has another major benefit: it can help prevent grain entrapment and engulfment incidents that happen every year involve grain flow issues due to grain spoilage. Read about aeration here.

Consider Corn Challenge IV Winners Announced

At the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership 2023 Conference the National Corn Growers Association announced the winners of the Consider Corn Challenge IV. Four winners were chosen, each with a unique way to improve a product or process using feed corn to produce biobased materials. See announcement here.

Corn Pac Socks

Show your CornPac support from head to toe! The National Corn Growers Association is selling CornPac socks for $25 a pair or five pairs of $100. To order contact Anne Thompson at thompson@ncga.com or go online here.

Advanced Cover Cropping

Farmers and ag service provides are invited to learn about cover cropping strategies from three successful farmers and how they came to their current practices. Join everyone on November 7th for a full day event. RSVP by October 30th at the Frederick County Extension Office at 301-600-3576.

2023 Northeast IPM Research Update Conference

This two-day conference hosted by the Northeast IPM Center will feature updates from active projects funded by the Center's Partnership Grants Program. The meeting will take place November 13th and 16th. Anyone with an internet connection is invited to watch this exciting event hosted by the Center. Learn more and register here.

National Sorghum Yield Contest

Registration is currently open and closes on November 15th. Learn more here.

2023 Annual Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference

The annual Law Conference is a unique gathering of agricultural professionals, attorneys, educators, environmentalists, farmers, policymakers, and students to discuss the complex intersection of environmental regulation and agriculture in Maryland. Join the team on November 16th at the Crowne Plaza in Annapolis, here.

Landowner-Oriented Agricultural Law Online Modules Now Available

College Park, MD – The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

(AREC) has released a new online course for rural landowners in Maryland. The

So You Want to Own Farmland in Maryland course is now available through the

University of Maryland’s Enterprise Learning Management System – Canvas.

The free program will cover those legal issues that Maryland landowners may

face. A grant funds the program through the Northeast Risk Management

Education Center.

For more information or to register, go to https://go.umd.edu/3ZSkv4r. For

more information, please get in touch with Paul Goeringer at lgoering@umd.edu.