…safety net for producers. Prevented planting coverage provides producers protection if they are unable to plant an insured crop by the final planting date. When adverse weather prevents planting, a…
Cost of Thanksgiving Meal
…American Farm Bureau Federation’s annual Thanksgiving dinner survey. Menu items including turkey, bread stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings, decreased by less than 1 percent this year to…
COOL Not on the Agenda for Trump
…Trump’s plan for his first 100 days in office highlighted a provision to potentially include COOL in a renegotiation of NAFTA. Farm groups from Canada threatened trade retaliation if COOL…
Improve NAFTA, Don’t Withdraw From TPP
Portman Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman was the U.S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush, and he’s cautioning President-elect Donald Trump against walking away from the North American Free Trade…
Ag Bankers Are Increasing Collateral
…next 12 months, bankers are expecting a default rate of five percent on ag loans. Alan Hoskins of American Farm Mortgage said one of every four farmers is looking at…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
The price of American farmland may be heading for its first significant drop since the mid-1980s. MetLife Agricultural Finance says that based on certain measurements, market conditions are the worst…
Agri View: Cyber Crime
Everett Griner talks about agriculture now a cyber crime target in today’s Agri View. Cyber Crime Agriculture was one of the last American industries to adopt computer technology. Today it…
Conaway urges CFTC to halt midnight rulemaking
…overreaching or unnecessary, we should agree that the American people have asked for someone else to make that judgement.” “President Obama told the public that he was looking forward to…
Lone Star Ranch Named 2016 California Leopold Conservation Award® Recipient
…ranch roads, reducing enough sediment to fill more than 16,000 dump trucks. Lone Star Ranch also voluntarily acquired a Non-Industrial Timber Management plan through Cal Fire, which provides regulatory assurances…
How Much Turkey to Buy
…a country of nearly 325-million Americans, that’s roughly one turkey for every group of seven. And, about 88-percent of Americans plan to eat turkey next Thursday. And that means many…
Ousted Kansas Representative Wants Top USDA Post
…week. Huelskamp holds a doctorate in agriculture policy from American University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1995. However, he was kicked off the House Agriculture Committee in 2012…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…Link https://www.unilever.com/sustainable-living/the-sustainable-living-plan/reducing-environmental-impact/waste-and-packaging/ Walmart “At Walmart, we are focused on reducing food waste across our entire operation along the farm to fork continuum. It is exciting to see the USDA and…
Bayer Taking Steps to Fund Monsanto Acquisition
…Bayer’s plan to raise about $19 billion in equity to fund the acquisition of St Louis, Missouri-based Monsanto. Bayer expects the acquisition to close by the end of 2017 and…
Lawmakers Mixed on WRDA Lame-duck Changes
The 2016 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA) may face an uphill climb during the lame-duck session of Congress as the House and Senate versions of the bill differ greatly….