…U.S. poultry producers will have expanded access to Canada for chicken, turkey, and eggs. Key Provision: Wheat Canada agrees to terminate its discriminatory wheat grading system, enabling U.S. growers to…
Farmers Receive an Average of 12 Cents of Every Thanksgiving Food Dollar
…spent on the Thanksgiving meal. According to the report, wheat farmers receive an average of about $0.03 from a pack of 12 dinner rolls that retails for $2.69. Dairy producers…
Survey Reveals Crucial Data on Fusarium Head Blight
…(ARS)-led U.S. Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative includes data from more than 5,100 wheat and barley growers in 17 states. It details how grain producers perceive FHB, where they get their information,…
USDA Issues Second Tranche of Market Facilitation Program
…seed, temperate japonica rice, triticale, upland cotton, and wheat. MFP assistance for these non-specialty crops is based on a single county payment rate multiplied by a farm’s total plantings of…
Brazil’s Implementation of Tariff Rate Quota for Wheat a Win for American Farmers
…exports, like high Brazilian tariffs on our wheat. We are excited about the additional export opportunity U.S. wheat farmers will have with the opening of this TRQ. Exports are critical…
2020 Enrollment for Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage Programs Open
…sorghum, lentils, mustard seed, oats, peanuts, dry peas, rapeseed, long grain rice, medium and short grain rice, safflower seed, seed cotton, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. 2018 Crop Year…
President Trump Signs U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. Ag Groups Respond
…Beef Association. Joint Release: National Association of Wheat GrowersU.S. Wheat Associates U.S.-Japan Tariff Agreement Confirms Equal Access for U.S. Wheat Washington, D.C. (NAWG/USWA-Oct. 7, 2019) — The text of the…
California Producers Set for Success with Better Access to Japan
…with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last week in New York, noting that “Japanese tariffs will now be significantly lower or eliminated completely on beef, pork, wheat, cheese, corn, wine…
Agriculture Groups Respond to Japan Trade Deal
…wheat wheat products malt glucose fructose corn starch potato starch inulin Mark Up: Exports to Japan of wheat and barley will benefit from a reduction to Japan’s “mark up” on…
Former Agriculture Secretaries Announce Support for USMCA
…Provision: Poultry and Eggs U.S. poultry producers will have expanded access to Canada for chicken, turkey, and eggs. Key Provision: Wheat Canada agrees to terminate its discriminatory wheat grading system, enabling U.S….
Ag Groups Celebrate Trade Agreement with Japan
…growing competitive cost advantage that Canadian and Australian wheat imports got under the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement,” said U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) Chairman and Paulding, Ohio, farmer…
Evaluating the Potential of Beneficial Ants in Agricultural Production
…with ants and termites, wheat crops increased by 30 percent compared to those that did not have the insects. “There have been a handful of studies showing that ants can…
How the Value of the US Dollar Affects Trade Opportunities
…The strength of the dollar has a more significant impact on commodities such as wheat, barley, and soybeans, but the effect has also been felt in other industries such as…
Farmers Prevented from Planting Crops on More than 19 Million Acres
…mostly corn, soybeans and wheat. “Agricultural producers across the country are facing significant challenges and tough decisions on their farms and ranches,” USDA Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation…