Jocelyn Garcia

Nov 19, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Jocelyn Garcia

The US corn and soybean harvests are now complete as of the week ended Sunday November 17, according to the USDA’s weekly crop progress report released on Monday November 18. Corn and soybean harvests both surpassed market analysts’ estimate of 98% complete ahead of the report. For the equivalent period last year, corn progress was reported at 92%, and the soybean harvest for this period was reported at 96%. Meanwhile, sunflower harvest progressed to 88% complete, up from 81% last week.

Oct 17, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Jocelyn Garcia

US corn crop and soybean harvest progress remained above the five-year averages in the week to Sunday October 13, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Tuesday October 15. Corn harvest was reported at 47% complete and soybean progress at 67% done. Ahead of the report’s release, analysts estimated that corn harvest would be reported at 46%, while soybean harvest would land at 68%. In the previous week, corn harvest was 30% complete, and soybean harvest had progressed to 47%.

Oct 15, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Jocelyn Garcia

Fastmarkets sat down with Esteban Jaramillo Reyes, managing director of Mexico’s National Chamber of Industrialized Corn (CANAMI), at the Export Exchange conference in Fort Worth, Texas, last week to discuss current challenges facing corn producers and the new administration’s plans regarding genetically modified corn restrictions and imports.

Mar 26, 2024 | fastmarkets.com | Jocelyn Garcia |Lewis Charlesworth

Argentina’s corn and sunflower crop projections were revised lower in the week ending Wednesday March 20 after a week with abundant rainfall in much of the center and south of the country, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange (BAGE) said in its weekly crop report update on Thursday March 21. The corn harvest advanced only by 0.5 percentage points to 3.7% of the projected 7.2 million hectares.

Nov 20, 2023 | fastmarkets.com | Timothy Worledge |Eoin Hughes |Eduardo Tinti |Jocelyn Garcia

A research project undertaken by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has estimated that the US has enough feedstock capacity to comfortably reach a 2030 target on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) but will fall woefully short of its 2050 goal. A ‘grand challenge’ launched by Joe Biden’s government in late 2021 is intended to encourage production of 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030, and then increasing production tenfold to 35 billion gallons over the next two decades.