…American Free Trade Agreement and impose a 20 percent import tax to pay for a border wall. Producers of corn, soybean meal and dried distillers’ grains are attempting to accelerate…
Agri View: Land Prices
Everett Griner talks about land prices and your possibility of investing in today’s Agri View. Land Prices It hasn’t been to many years back when farmland values exploded. A few…
AFBF Pres. Duvall: Confirm Judge Gorsuch
The following may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: Duvall “Judge Neil Gorsuch was nominated last night to the Supreme Court. If confirmed, he will assume…
Brazil Proposes Opening Farmland for Foreign Ownership
The President of Brazil plans to propose legislation to lift restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land in the nation in an effort to pull its economy out a two-year…
Border Tax Draws Concern from Seed Industry
The U.S. seed industry has concerns regarding a border tax President Donald Trump wants to impose to fund a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. While attending the American Seed…
Germany Urging EU to Speed Trade Deal Negotiations
…the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Trump is also targeting reforms to the North American Free Trade Agreement. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Refugee Regulations Could Squeeze U.S. Meatpackers Labor Pool
…most Americans are unwilling to perform. North American Meat Institute CEO Barry Carpenter says he hopes the Trump administration “will give careful consideration” the impact these changes would have on…
Agri View: Feeding America
…those who feed us. Don’t you think? Well, think about it. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner. Image Credit: (Lower right) American Falls, Idaho, USA. Image of a…
Americans Increasingly Indulge in Dairy Fat
Changing American tastes are leading to greater consumption of products with dairy fat. Dairy Fat…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
…are effectively blocking American dairy imports into the country in violation of international agreements. A group of 17 dairy companies representing dairy farmers and processors from coast to coast asked…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
…II to promote economic growth and to avoid conflict among the 28 member countries.) “We applaud the Trump administration for recognizing the importance of free trade agreements to American agriculture…
Seed Trade Talks at Disney
The American Seed Trade Association’s (ASTA) 56th Annual Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference is underway at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. AgNet Media is at the convention…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
…by export sales. Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. The U.S. Grains Council says these moves are…
40 Percent of Farms Managed by Multiple Operators
…Also, additional operators can offer other resources, such as capital or farmland. Having a secondary operator may also provide a successor when an older principal operator phases out of farming….