…currently imports 98 percent of its corn from the U.S. and total U.S. farm sales to Mexico were worth an estimated $17.7 billion last year, five times greater than when…
Farm City Newsday March 27
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JBS Suspends Brazil Product After Meat Scandal
…at his confirmation hearing that he wouldn’t call for a ban either, fearing retaliation from other countries against American agricultural products. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Black Market Hackers Selling Tractor Repair Software Illegally
…Tech Dot Com reports that software hackers overseas are creating and selling hacks to John Deere software. Local repair shops in America’s farm country are downloading the hacks and using…
Study: 82% of U.S. Households Buy Organic Regularly
…Rolls. “Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black has partnered with Georgia Organics on our 200 Organic Farms campaign to double the number of organic farms by 2020. His relationship with Sonny…
Ag Groups Divided on Health Care Reform
…sold less than $50,000 in agricultural products and 57 percent had sales less than $10,000,” Johnson noted. “Young farm families that don’t receive additional income or health benefits from off-farm…
Pacific Region Livestock Slaughter
…state-inspected plants, but excludes farm slaughter. In February 2017, the average live weight of cattle slaughtered in California was 1,307 pounds, calves averaged 91 pounds, sheep and lambs averaged 148…
NPPC Asks USDA to Abandon GIPSA Rules
…finalize – or at least exempt pork producers from – regulations related to the buying and selling of livestock. According to NPPC, the so-called Farmer Fair Practices Rules – an…
Funding to Support Research on Sustainable Water Use
…and other competing uses. Funding is made through NIFA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill. “Only four percent of the earth’s water is freshwater,…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…effective fungicide approved for organic production. Organic farmers rely largely on resistant spinach varieties to ward off the disease. But with demand for organic spinach continuing to grow and farmers…
Farm City Newsday March 24
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Yara West Sacramento is Newest Addition
…Ankarstrand, “will impact half a million acres of crop production across 20 different large-acre crops, which in turn will generate $500 million of farm revenue this year. This speaks to…
Fresno State Signs Ag Academic Pact with Brazilian University
…campus farm, the Bee Sweet Citrus Fresh Fruit Packing Line and Laboratory and the Jordan Agricultural Research Center. The trip also included meetings with Fresno State students and faculty from…
House Passes Agro-terrorism Bill
…Young’s legislation has been voted out of committee and is waiting for a vote to be scheduled in the full Senate. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….