…use continued to drop until 2005. Once input growth resumed, on average across Russian districts, national TFP showed modest growth through 2013. While overall TFP growth improved nationwide, the pattern…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…2013 have been mixed according to Creighton’s April survey. While the percent of bank rejecting loan applications was a high 30.6 percent, this is down from 35.3 percent recorded last…
Syngenta Corn Lawsuits Underway
The first of several lawsuits filed against Syngenta is underway. Syngenta is facing dozens of lawsuits that claim a move by the company depressed corn prices in 2013. The farmers…
Renewable Fuels Standard Heads to Court
The Environmental Protection Agency will be in Washington D.C. Circuit court starting Monday (April 24) as the court hears oral challenges to the 2014-2016 Renewable Fuels Standard Volumes. Politico’s Morning…
Funding to Educate the Future Agricultural Science Workforce
…made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “There is a significant shortfall in the number of qualified applicants for jobs in agriculture-related…
Idaho Researcher: Farmers Benefit from Drought
…period in the United States, the value of crop production in the U.S. set records in 2012 and 2013. He made the comments during a joint meeting of the Western…
The Potential Effects of Increased Demand for U.S. Agricultural Exports on Metro and Nonmetro Employment
…for U.S. agricultural exports results in a 6.7-percent increase in the volume of U.S. agricultural exports, worth $9.7 billion at 2013 prices. (This increase in export volume (6.7 percent) is…
Animal Rights Groups Want Dead Animal Payments Stopped
…Indemnity Program paid out more than $134 million to cover the deaths of 2.5 million poultry and 200,000 livestock from 2013-2015. The group thinks the USDA is giving out the…
Commerce Department Investigating Argentina and Indonesia Biodiesel Imports
…has been flooding the U.S. market since 2014. The industry claims the subsidized biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia forced U.S. producers out of their home market. The Commerce Department says…
Deadline to Apply for Funding to Grow the Bioeconomy June 28th
…biomaterials from renewable sources such as crops, trees, and waste materials from farmland and forests. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014…
$6.3 Million in Funding Available for Resilient Agroecosystems-July 13 Deadline
…is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “It’s important that we work toward ensuring a safe, sustainable food supply in the…
Group Wants Congress to Cap Ag Subsidies
…refers back to higher than expected costs for the Ag Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs in the 2014 farm bill. The piece says those costs…
Conaway Statement on GAO Food Aid Report
…by the 2014 Farm Bill. Under the 2014 Farm Bill, USAID is authorized to use up to 20 percent of Food for Peace (Title II) funds for administrative purposes, now…
Canada Farmland Values Up 10 Percent
…follows part of a continuous uptrend in farmland prices in Canada that started in 1993. The gains, however, are lower than in recent years, as 2013 saw a 22 percent…