…this change, any facility with highly hazardous chemicals that derived more than 50 percent of its income from direct sales was exempt from PSM standards. As a result of the…
Ag Producers Cut Expenses by Nine Percent
…34.1 percent. Other fuel is $650 million, down 31.6 percent. The United States economic sales class contributing most to the 2015 United States total expenditures is the $1,000,000 – $4,999,999…
New National Offshore Wind Strategy to Drive Deployment
…Additionally, since 2010, the Department of the Interior has issued 11 commercial leases for offshore wind development, nine of which generated approximately $16 million through competitive lease sales and covered…
Heritage Foundation Looking to the 2018 Farm Bill
…U.S. had less than $10,000 in sales, accounting for less than one percent of all agricultural sales. Fortunately, agricultural producers are doing well financially. In fact, farm households have much…
Women in Agriculture Trade Mission is Underway
…U.S. exporters, giving them the opportunity to gather market intelligence and develop strategies to start or expand their sales in key markets overseas. For more information, visit www.fas.usda.gov/topics/trade-missions. The past…
Agri View: Vegetable vs. Fruit Juice
…bottled juice sales totaled four hundred million dollars. This is good for the consumer and good for the producer. But, nobody stops to look at the waste it generates. Why…
California State Organic Program
from the Organic Stakeholder Work Group Executive Summary California leads the nation in organic farms, land in organic production, and organic sales. According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s…
Amazon Seeking Drive-up Grocery Location in Seattle
…confirm the plans. The online retailer started with book sales in 1994 but quickly grew to a vast selection of items, including groceries. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
USDEC, NMPF Laud Senators for Urging Investigation
…they have already lost considerable export sales as a result of the Ontario dairy policy introduced this past spring.” These types of programs are intended to discourage the use of…
DOJ Seeks to Stop Deere from Purchasing Monsanto’s Precision Planting Division
…high-speed precision planting retrofit kits at a fraction of the cost of a new planter, “Precision Planting posed a formidable challenge to Deere and its profitable sales of new planters.”…
Theft of 500 Cows in New Zealand
…A spokesperson for New Zealand’s Federated Farmers Dairy Industry Group says the cattle were likely butchered somewhere for illegal meat sales. The cattle were worth an estimated equivalent of $725,000,…
USDA Quarterly Export Forecast Shows Higher Numbers
…increases in overseas sales of U.S. oilseeds and products, horticultural goods, cotton, livestock, dairy and poultry. And with a rise in global economic growth, global beef demand is expected to…
Co-ops and Ag Retailers Face Economic Challenges
…ways to lower expenses. Fertilizer sales usually account for about half of ag retailers’ total revenue, so falling prices have made it difficult for them to maintain positive margins. Forecasts…
Algeria Returns to U.S. Corn
U.S. corn sales to Algeria are making a strong showing in 2016, doubling 2014-15 marketing year imports. A U.S. Department of Agriculture’ export sales report showed 527,000 metric tons—20.7 million…