…Blinken accused Russia of “weaponizing food” with its earlier blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports and destruction of the country’s ag facilities. The war has driven up prices for wheat,…
Global Food Insecurity Increased in 2022
…million more people are estimated to be food insecure compared to 2021. The upward trend in international prices for wheat, coarse grains, and vegetable oils during the 2021/22 marketing year…
Alexis Taylor Advances Through Senate Agriculture Committee
…National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and U.S. Wheat Associates have all been encouraged by her nomination. “USMEF thanks the Senate Agriculture Committee for advancing the nomination of Alexis…
CREAATE Act to Support Market Development for Ag Exports
…our foreign competition in most global markets including wheat has grown,” U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Chairperson Rhonda K. Larson said in a press release. “To manage that challenge over the…
Railroad Strike Avoided with Tentative Agreement
…vocal about the negative impact a railroad strike would have on the industry as well as American consumers. Multiple industry groups such as the National Association of Wheat Growers and…
Ag Groups Raise Concern Over Damage A Railroad Strike Would Have
…ten percent of the global exports of wheat,” the letter states. “A freight rail stoppage would occur as America’s farmers harvest their crops and would exacerbate global food insecurity and…
World Food Prices Continue Falling as Supply Levels Rise
Global food prices dropped for a fifth-straight month after a seasonal rise in supplies took place and demand dropped for some products. The northern hemisphere wheat harvest is helping to…
USDA Says Farm Profits to Reach Near-Record High in 2022
…levels to $274.2 billion. Receipts for soybeans are forecast to increase by $14.9 billion (30.6 percent), corn by $11.9 billion (16.7 percent), and wheat by $4.0 billion (33.7 percent) in…
New Children’s Book on the Life of Norman Borlaug
…feeding millions of people with his wheat that he had worked for 20 some years breeding, but it could grow anywhere, and it was short, and it could give farmers…
Ukrainian Grain Shipments Helping Global Supplies
Image by Andy from Pixabay An agreement to allow grain shipments from Ukraine is helping increase global supplies of wheat and corn. Veronica Nigh, American Farm Bureau Federation Senior Economist,…
Ukraine Shipping More Grain
…sailing to their ultimate destinations,” he said. But most of those ships with grain, sunflower, soy, and wheat were not headed to needy countries or carried grain stolen by Russia…
New Food Supply Threat from Lack of Rice
…world’s rice trade. India’s government has already curbed exports of wheat and sugar to safeguard their food supply. Listen to Sabrina Halvorson’s This Land of Ours program here. New Food…
Food Prices Post Biggest Drop Since 2008
…relief to consumers struggling with a cost-of-living crisis covering everything from energy to transportation. However, food prices are still high, and global hunger is getting worse. Wheat and corn prices…
USDA to Resurvey Some Planted Acreage
…planted acreage, which could change the data. “USDA’s June 30 acreage report indicates that for the ’22-23 crop year, farmers planted 237.8 million acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton,”…