WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 23, 2023, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson on charges against Ceres Global Ag Corp.: * * * Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing and settlement of charges against Ceres Global Ag Corp. (Ceres). The order finds that in two months in 2016 and 2017, Ceres engaged in a plan whereby it would build very long positions in oats futures--contracts worth close to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on Oct. 23, 2023, by Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero on protecting farmers and families from artificially inflated food prices: * * * As I have had the fortune of being able to meet with farmers and agricultural producers, I have heard multiple times how important it is for the CFTC to police the markets against manipulation or anything else that could drive up prices. If the farmers and food p  more

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Oct. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Meteorologists use models to predict the weather. Elvis Elli uses models to predict how crops might respond to a complex and changing environment. Elli -- a new assistant professor of crop physiology and adaptation to climate change -- began work with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station in September. He will also teach crop physiology through the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Vilsack announces more than $50 million in awards to expand domestic fertilizer production Kankakee, Ill., Oct. 16, 2023 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted progress made in partnering with farmers and American businesses to increase innovative domestic fertilizer production and in making it easier for U.S. farmers to grow food through the practice of double   more