…to sell at a profit (Charts 4a – 4d). Since 2013, profit margins have dropped precipitously for corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton, and both wheat and corn prices were hovering…
Funding Available for Specialty Crop Research
…impacts.” Eligible crops are defined in the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act, reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill, as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops,…
Judge Allows Syngenta Corn Case to Continue as Class Action Suit
A federal judge in Kansas has allowed a lawsuit filed by farmers against Syngenta to move forward as a class action lawsuit. Farmers from the U.S. sued Syngenta in 2014…
Organic Research and Extension Programs Funding
…organic farms in the U.S. sold $6.2 billion in organic products, up 13 percent over 2014. Certified organic products in the U.S. include a wide range of goods from dairy…
Chicken Peck
…the CDC’s research, 13-percent of the chicken-related salmonella cases they studied from 1990 to 2014 were due, in part, to some human-on-chicken affection. Of the cases they studied, the CDC…
State Ag Directors Say Next Farm Bill Could Provide Relief
…the farm bill,” that’s because nearly all of NASDA’s priorities for the 2014 Farm Bill were included in the final legislation. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Farm Bureau Survey Shows Lower Food Prices
…recovering well from the 2014 avian influenza, according to John Newton, AFBF director, market intelligence. Milk prices are down substantially from prior years, particularly compared to record-highs in 2014, due…
Food Security in the United States in 2015
…life for all household members. That is down from 14.0 percent in 2014. USDA’s Economic Research Service plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security…
China Moves to Reopen Market to U.S. Beef
…to restore foreign market access for U.S. beef. As a result, U.S. beef shipments had regained pre-BSE volumes by 2011 and even reached record values by 2014. Another central element…
Organic Acreage Increase Misleading
…for 96 percent of the increase. In 2014, Alaska had just 376 certified organic acres spread between 17 farms; but the following year, 695,000 some acres were certified at four…
Canada Investigating PEDv Outbreak in Manitoba
…reported nine confirmed outbreaks of PEDv on Manitoba farms since 2014 and six of those are now considered “PEDv Presumptive Negative.” Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Office is helping pork producers to…
NFU Joins in Promoting Safe Practices
…2013 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics study, and machinery accidents account for approximately a quarter of them, Johnson explained. “Especially this time of year, there is a lot of large…
Vilsack Announces New Initiatives to Address Rural Opioid Epidemic
…2014. The opioid crisis disproportionately affects rural communities, according to USDA, due to the lack of outreach and treatment resources available in remote areas. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says “it’s…
Talk of a 2017 Farm Bill?
…net in the 2014 bill is inadequate and try to fix it?” He said it depends on how bad things actually get. While Peterson readies for the worst, other farm…