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China corn import discussion

jkoenig — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:19:03 -0500

I found an article in the Washington Post from Friday that discusses the potential for China corn imports during the next few years. The article discusses a 15 million ton export program (equal to Japan, our current largest buyer) which would push our corn exports to new all time records.

Less crop insurance, more CRP equals less available farmland

jkoenig — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:02:58 -0500

Farm Policy blog highlights current decisions from inside the government that will impact total acres available for crop production and raise risks for producers. The policy decisions happen to be connect by the fact that money flows from the insurance program to the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for the purpose of getting CRP acres back up to the maximum allowed by law, 32 million acres. Apparently, because of the tactics being used, tempers are really flaring up.

Follow up to the ethanol subsidy watch

jkoenig — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:09:04 -0500

In today's DeMoines Register I read that congress is considering a 20% cut or 100% cut option for corn ethanol ... hmmm ... I wonder which they will pick? I anticipate that the Gov sure needs to "save" the cash and they want to start the flow of import duties from the Brazilian ethanol into the federal coffers ASAP.

The dots are being connected - Brazil submits economic analysis to pave the way for sugar ethanol

jkoenig — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:45:21 -0500

This is a revealing article that begins to connect all the dots I've anticipated and been speaking about since the beginning of the Obama administration. The DeMoines Register highlights a study, attributed to the Brazilian sugarcane industry group, that essentially says the economic impact would be minimal if the ethanol subsidy would be eliminated. Of course they are creating a manipulation to serve their own ends since they stand to gain a substantial sugar ethanol business that, depending on other factors, could displace a lot of corn ethanol. Of course this makes