…consecutive month, with prices of wheat, coarse grains and rice all gaining momentum in recent months. Dairy prices were 3.4 percent higher than March, and up 11 percent over the…
Perdue Announces New Senior Leaders at USDA
…the University of Oxford. Martin Barbre, RMA Administrator Martin Barbre owns and operates Chestin Farms and grows 6,000 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat, grain sorghum, and alfalfa, as well as…
Agri View: Sorghum, an Unusual Crop
…wheat, maize, sorghum. Sorghum? Yes, sorghum. You don’t hear a lot about sorghum because very little of what we grow is used in this country. It is exported. Mostly to…
World Food Prices Rise 1.1 Percent in March
…year. However, the FAO also expects production of maize and wheat to decline in 2018, based on early forecasts. The agency predicts wheat output of nearly 750 million tons this…
First CRISPR Developed Foods to Hit Shelves Within 10 Years
…first companies to offer produce that has been developed using CRISPR technology. The company also recently attracted the attention of Monsanto for the development of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and…
Agri View: Bad Trade Deal for Agriculture
…buy their wheat from us. It will put wheat growers at a distinct price advantage. It may create a $200 million dollars a year gap. Japan alone imports over 3…
Southwest U.S. Producers Facing an Expanding Drought
…drought spans from Kansas and Oklahoma to California. Three-quarters of the winter wheat crop in New Mexico is in poor to very poor condition as meaningful precipitation has been almost…
Ag Coalition Website Launched to Stop CA Glyphosate Regulation
…listing of glyphosate. Chandler Goule is the Chief Executive of the National Association of Wheat Growers. He’s listed as the lead plaintiff in the case against California. He says the…
Commodity Classic Attendance Tops 8,000
…Commodity Classic is presented by the American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Association of Wheat Growers, National Sorghum Producers and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The 2019 Commodity…
USDA Report Indicates Increased Corn Demand
…Further, U.S. wheat exports for the 2017-18 crop year were lowered 25 million bushels to 925 million bushels, while ending stocks were bumped up the same amount, ending at 1.034…
Celebrating National Flour Month
…make many different foods. Flour that is used in baking comes mainly from wheat, although it can also be milled from corn, rice, nuts, legumes, and some fruits and vegetables….
Coalition Formed to Fight Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
…for Competitive Steel and Aluminum Trade this week. The coalition includes industrial and agriculture groups, such as the National Pork Producers Council, The American Soybean Association and U.S. Wheat Associates….
Perdue Reaffirms Support for Ethanol, RFS
…to hundreds of the nation’s corn, soybean, wheat, and sorghum farmers, Perdue says he’s beginning to understand the president’s frustration with “fake news.” The secretary has been under fire since…
Ag Groups Concerned About Trade Retaliation
U.S. Wheat Associates and the National Association of Wheat Growers were both very disappointed in the Trump Administration’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. A statement says…