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The reporting period preceded Hurricane Ida. New-crop sales of soymeal were also impressive at nearly 400,000 MT.

Corn and soybean basis and cash prices plunged over the past week.

The Renewable Fuels Association supports EPA’s reevaluation of the exemptions, but it objects to EPA’s remand request.

If the review justifies any changes, NASS will publish updated planted and harvested acreage estimates in the Sept. 10 Crop Production Report.

Hurricane Ida caused "significant damage" to a Louisiana grain export elevator owned by Cargill Inc. Ken Erickson, Senior VP agribusiness with IHS market, says the Hurricane's potential impact on exports is huge.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will join Clinton Griffiths for a virtual live town-hall Sept. 2 at 2 p.m. CDT. Farmers and ranchers will ask about the most pressing issues and opportunities they face.

"The loud and angry debates over crop-protection products in Europe can give the false impression that farmers like me are prone to over-use chemicals on what we grow," Maria Gabriela Cruz says in this guest blog post.

Argentina’s government has extended its restrictions on beef exports until the end of October, a politically charged move that’s likely to anger the country’s meat producers.