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Bord Bia alters carbon footprint tool to take account of soya imports 2021-10-27

Kevin's 2020 harvest went well. It seems like this winter and now spring has been more hectic than usual. First a very quick look back at how last year finished up. We started harvest in early September and have been busy ever since. But the harvest went well and, as always, we could have enjoyed the Irish ITLUS lads helping manage things but for the influence of COVID-19. Our corn or maize crop was very good, with a farm average of 215bu/ac or about 5.46t/ac. We were very happy with that. Kevin and Michelle Rosenbohm. Indeed, it was actually higher as our moisture levels dropped down to ...

The intended soya bean area also came as a surprise The US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) prospective plantings report was surprisingly bullish for maize and soya beans. The 1 March report stated that US farmers intend to increase maize area by just 1% from 2020 to an estimated 91.1 million acres. That increase of around 325,000 acres falls well below the trade estimate of around two million acres. With higher competing prices, farmers are also moving to other crops, such as sunflowers, canola and sorghum. Sorghum area was well above estimates at 6.94 million acres, some 1.12 million ...

US – milk production makes very strong start to 2021 US milk production has made a very strong start to the year, with January milk supplies up almost 2% year on year to 8.4bn litres. US milk production is firmly back in growth mode. In 2020, US milk production grew by more than 2% to hit a record 98bn litres. Australia – live cattle exports to fall sharply Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) is forecasting a sharp fall in live cattle exports in 2021 due to very tight cattle supplies in Australia and soaring beef prices. The MLA said it expects 2021 live exports from Australia to fall 9% th...

SHARING OPTIONS: US farmers are set to plant 37.2m ha of maize and 36.4m ha of soya beans in 2021. Australia – cattle kill down sharply Australia’s cattle kill was down a massive 36% to 544,000 head in the first seven weeks of 2021 compared with the same period last year. Data from Meat & Livestock Australia shows farmers were paid record prices equivalent to €4.44/kg for steers. US – maize and soya plantings to rise US farmers are set to plant 37.2m ha of maize and 36.4m ha of soya beans over the coming season, which is an increase from last year...