…number of players within a given market. Strong competition can result from having several evenly-matched companies fighting for market share within the seed, chemistry and trait development markets,” NCGA and…
Agri View: Apple Versatility
…can eat them right off of the tree or you can cook a hundred different recipes. But apples have no match. And, now apples are becoming an important export item….
Agri View: Education Opportunity for a Veteran
…these crops that others don’t want to grow their primary markets is already there. The effort is to concentrate on the detail. Practice good management and strive for good production….
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
…hay is in recent years, with robust demand from overseas markets and higher prices, farmers shifted to growing less-dormant varieties that produce more tonnage but don’t necessarily result in higher…
Certified Organic Production Sales Up 13 Percent
…selling products to wholesale markets. Wholesale markets, such as buyers for supermarkets, processors, distributors, packers and cooperatives, were serving as the marketing channel of choice for U.S. organic farmers and…
New Markets Sought for Walnut Sector
…marketing for the board and commission, said the commission focuses on building demand for walnuts in top export markets such as China, Germany and Japan. “In Asia, we are very…
American Agricultural Trade with Cuba
…Much of the conversation centered on the Cuba Agricultural Exports Act (H.R. 3687) and the potential for removing financing restrictions that have limited agricultural exports to Cuba. Conaway “The history…
House Agriculture Committee Advances Three Bills
…laws reflect technological changes in our livestock markets, and allow volunteers to help maintain Forest Service trails.” H.R. 470, introduced by Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), would give the Secretary of…
U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China
…national economy. Together, exports from these industries average $20 billion per year. These exports contribute an additional estimated $70 billion to the United States economy every year, and support 200,000…
USDA Seeks Nominees to the National Dairy Board
…establishment of 22 research and promotion boards. They empower industry stakeholders to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities….
U.S. Cattlemen’s Convention Discusses Industry Challenges
…futures contracts to benefit large investors at the expense of cattle producers. A markets expert and lobbyist for the alternative stock exchange IEX said packers are too powerful and could…
WASDE at a Glance
…last month due to higher supplies. Changes for 2015/16 include higher exports and lower ending stocks. Exports are increased 60 million to a record 1,940 million bushels based on official…
Dairy Groups Urge Challenge to Dairy Agreement in Canada
…Canada’s increasingly protectionist policies violate “international trade obligations, hold out the prospect of trade diversion with attendant global price-depressing impacts and are in conflict with the principles of free markets…
Russia to Become Top Wheat Exporter in 2016-2017
…the 1970’s. That historic output combined with some of the cheapest wheat in the world in the Black Sea region has Russia poised to become the top wheat exporter at…