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Using Sodium Chlorate To Dry Down Corn Not Recommended

LSU AgCenter Corn Specialist Dr. Shelly Kerns says she has gotten a lot of questions lately about using sodium chlorate as a means of drying down corn plants faster. She emphasizes that is not a common practice. “Historically, the use of sodium chlorate in other crops is only as a desiccant to dry down weeds ahead of harvest,” says Kerns.

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Trump’s Bid to Add Cane Sugar to Coke Could Cost America Thousands of Agricultural Jobs, Trade Group Warns

U.S. corn producers are sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump’s efforts to switch Coca-Cola products away from using corn syrup in favor of cane sugar, claiming the change will wreak havoc on the agricultural industry.

Changes in demand for corn syrup, such as that used in Coke, would increase demand for cane sugar in Louisiana and Florida, as well as from Central and South America, where the sweetener is heavily tariffed.

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Market Update for Corn, Soybeans, Rice, and Cotton: July 2025

This month’s 2025/26 U.S. corn outlook calls for smaller supplies, domestic use, and ending stocks. USDA cut corn beginning stocks by 25 million bushels to 1.3 billion, reflecting an increase in exports that is partly offset by lower feed and residual use for 2024/25. Feed and residual use is down 75 million based on indicated disappearance in the June 30th Grain Stocks report. Exports are raised 100 million bushels to 2.8 billion based on current outstanding sales and shipments to date and, if realized, would be record high. 

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Louisiana Corn Festival Wraps Up 37th Year In Bunkie

The 37th Annual Louisiana Corn Festival wrapped up its final day in Bunkie on June 14, marking another year of fun, food and tradition in central Louisiana.

Held every second weekend of June since 1986, the Louisiana Corn Festival is the only one of its kind in the state. It was created to recognize the vital role that corn plays in Louisiana’s agricultural economy, and each year, one local corn farmer is honored for their contributions to the industry.

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Louisiana Crops Newsletter: June 2025

Common rust may be the first disease found in corn fields and usually occurs in the lower-to-mid-canopy. Pustules of common rust are brick red to dark orange, somewhat elongated, and will appear on both leaf surfaces (Figure 1).Common rust will progress during relatively cool temperatures (60-75oF) combined with rainy weather or heavy dews (6 hours of leaf wetness), and cloudy weather; however, very rarely are fungicide applications warranted for common rust. Warmer temperatures (> 80oF) will greatly slow common rust development.

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Crop Market Report for Corn, Soybeans, Rice, and Cotton: May, 2025

The 2025/26 U.S. corn outlook is for record supplies and total use, and higher ending stocks. The corn crop is projected at 15.8 billion bushels, up 6 percent from a year ago on increases to both area and yield. Planted area of 95.3 million acres if realized would be the highest in over a decade. The yield projection of 181.0 bushels per acre is based on a weather-adjusted trend assuming normal planting progress and summer growing season weather.

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Year-Round E15 Helps Drivers and Farmers

American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall commented today on EPA’s emergency fuel waiver allowing the sale of E15 gasoline during the summer season.

“Farm Bureau appreciates EPA’s decision to keep ethanol blended gasoline available nationwide through the summer season. People who choose E15 fuel experience an average cost savings of 10-30 cents per gallon, which is much-needed relief for families suffering with high prices.”

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EPA Addresses E-10 Standards, Allows for Nationwide Year-Round E15 Sales

In response to requests from the Governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to address the States’ concerns about E10 fuel standards by issuing an emergency fuel waiver.

Specifically, the agency has waived provisions that would have otherwise made E10 gasoline sold in those states meet a more stringent standard than conventional gasoline in other parts of the country.

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