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USDA Projects Bid Decrease in Ohio Corn Crop This Year
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that Ohio’s corn crop will be down 34% compared with 2018. USDA statistician Cheryl Turner says that at 409 million bushels, it would be the state’s smallest crop since 2008. Low yields are being blamed on an excessively wet spring followed by moderate drought conditions… Read More

As Some Midwest Farmers Struggle With Historic Flooding, Ohio Valley Ethanol Producers See Profit Boost
By: Liam Niemeyer | Ohio Valley ReSource
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Mick Henderson runs the Commonwealth Agri-Energy ethanol plant in west Kentucky. He said the past year for U.S. ethanol producers, including in the Ohio Valley, has been rough. “We’ve just passed our 15th anniversary just now, and this is going to be one of our weakest years,” Henderson said. Ethanol prices have been down the… Read More