…to the race for the Michigan Senate seat. Stabenow also served as the Senate Agriculture Committee chair from 2011 to 2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Food and Farm Facts Book
…32-page Food and Farm Facts book is full color and it features updated facts and easy to read infographics that can be used in a variety of different ways to…
Farm Economy May Be Starting to Stabilize
The prolonged downturn in the farm economy continued in the second quarter of 2017. However, data from the Kansas City Fed’s Survey on Agricultural Credit Conditions shows the farm economy…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…Montgomery most recently served as the winemaker at Vine Cliff Winery in Napa and as the director of winemaking at Papagni Wines in Madera since 2015. This past year at…
USDA Calls for Nominations for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
…page on the AMS website. Written nominations must be received by Sept. 1, 2017, and should be emailed to marlene.betts@ams.usda.gov or sent to Melissa Bailey, Acting Deputy Administrator, c/o Marlene…
Agri View: Honey Bee Update
…last year than in 2015. As a matter of fact, the survey showed that the number of lost colonies to insects and disease has been in a slow decline since…
California FFA: Agricultural Education Funding Vital
…of the California FFA Association, Luke O’Leary, was one of the participants of the session and he offered a reminder of the relationship between the agriculture industry and agricultural education….
Dow DuPont Merger to Close This Month
…Dow and DuPont announced the merger in December of 2015. Upon closure, the combined company is estimated to be worth $130 billion. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
Ports Contract Eases Trade Concerns
…workers at 29 ports on the West Coast. Politico reports that the announcement Friday comes as a sigh of relief for U.S. importers and exports. In 2014 and 2015, shippers…
June Results Confirm Strong First Half for U.S. Red Meat Exports
…and Taiwan. Complete June export results for U.S. beef, pork and lamb are available from USMEF’s statistics web page. NOTES: Export statistics refer to both muscle cuts and variety mea…
Global Food Prices Hit Three-year High
…and at its highest since January 2015. The Cereal Price Index averaged 162.2 points in July, up almost eight points from June. The Vegetable Oil Price Index averaged 160.4 points…
Farmland Values Unclear in the Future
…Value Survey in August of last year showed a modest climb in land values in the Southeast, the Delta region, and the Southern Plains, from June of 2015 to June…
Farmers Indicate Higher Outlook on Farm Economy
…and in July was at its highest level since data collection began in October 2015. Figure 2. Index of Current Conditions and Index of Future Expectations, October 2015 to July…
Growth Energy Calls Court Decision on RVO’s a Win for Consumers
…a joint petition filed in January 2016 to hear a challenge to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Growth Energy along with Americans for Clean Energy,…
