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We sit down with Krista Swanson of the National Corn Growers Association to name the frustrations corn growers are feeling and to put real numbers behind what is happening in costs, policy, and demand. We leave the doom loop to focus on clear-eyed economics, practical decision-making, and where future profitability could actually come from.
• the day’s export sales and market settlements for corn, soybeans, wheat, and livestock
• Krista’s path from an Illinois farm to chief economist at NCGA
• why her work centers on helping people turn information into decisions
• what NCGA’s input cost task force learns from U.S. versus Brazil comparisons
• why higher productivity does not automatically show up as better margins
• how regulation, market structure, and consistent pricing gaps may shape input costs
• why year-round E15 keeps stalling and how the politics slow progress
• why USMCA matters for Mexico corn exports, Canada ethanol demand, and potash supply
• what the joint grower survey shows about farm financial stress and profitability expectations
• how wet harvest conditions and overlapping crop cycles complicate input planning
• the long-term 10 10 10 strategy for maritime fuel, sustainable aviation fuel, and bioplastics
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