…or are nationwide in membership and scope. The organizations, which contribute an average 130 percent cost share, conduct activities that help maintain or increase demand for U.S. agricultural commodities overseas….
Dairy Industry Segment Doesn’t Want TPP
…other low-cost imports are resolved. Also included in the survey were questions about concern with the United States entering into trade agreements with known currency manipulators, and the loss of…
Motor Fuel Choices
…gas stations pay the high costs of putting in new storage tanks and new blender pumps for the higher ethanol fuels. Just recently at a station in Virginia… this station…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Dairy Prices
…dairy farmers are cautiously optimistic the worst may be behind them. “We’re definitely back in some better milk prices,” James said, “and margins look better with lower feed cost.” He…
California Citrus Carry Over from October Forecast
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Peterson Named U.S. Wheat Associates President in 2017
…to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers and their customers.” Its activities are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding…
West Coast Ports Improving Infrastructure, but More Needed
…GAO following the 2014-2015 labor slowdown shows the ports have either planned or completed infrastructure projects and implemented operational changes, although some additional changes need to be made. Meatingplace reports…
Thanksgiving Dinner Savings
…few weeks away, but that Thanksgiving meal might give you a stomach ache thinking about how much this big holiday meal is going to cost you. The average price of…
Alberta Beef Producers Want TB Support
…Canada’s government to get support. ABP says the support is needed to “help producers cover the costs of holding and feeding quarantine animals, as well as the costs of lost…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…a wide range of topics and discoveries since 2009. Testing and analyzing thousands of shattered Major League bats, U.S. Forest Service researchers at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) developed changes…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…of the 1,000 farmers surveyed favored Congress rejecting or placing a moratorium on TPP. The farmers want concerns over imported Milk Protein Concentrates and other low-cost imports resolved. The Wisconsin…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…area as working grasslands for livestock. USDA would provide cost-share assistance to help farmers install fencing and provide alternative water sources to livestock, as well as annual CRP payments to…
Agri View: Farm Progress
…century. Listen carefully. In 1850 it required 75 to 90 hours of labor and three acres of land to produce 100 bushels of corn. That’s two week’s paid labor today….
Funding to Ensure Access to Needed Veterinary Services
…that require advanced training, such as food safety, epidemiology, diagnostic medicine and public health. A leading cause for this shortage is the high cost of professional veterinary medical training that…