…underscores the unique ability of American farmers and ranchers to plan ahead and make sharp business decisions in a challenging market, as net farm income for 2015 was revised up…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…power plant owned by Hat Creek Construction. The company said it plans to acquire a contract under a mandate established under a 2012 law that requires electric corporations to procure…
USDA Quarterly Export Forecast Shows Higher Numbers
…20 percent of U.S. farm income, also driving rural economic activity and supporting more than one million American jobs on and off the farm. The United States has the opportunity…
CFTC Approves First Exchange for Hemp Derivatives
…that operate under the CFTC’s regulatory oversight for trading and processing swaps. SEFs were authorized to be created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010…
Sugar Industry Responds to Recommendations for Added Sugars
The sugar industry is fighting back against the American Heart Association’s strict new recommendations for added sugars for kids. The Sugar Association described the guidelines as “baffling” and said the…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pacific Trade good for the Midwest
…election cycle, blamed for gutting American factories when nearly every American manufacturing job that disappears is “a victim of productivity gains,” not foreign competition. From the National Association of Farm…
China’s Zika Rules Raise Fears for U.S. Exporters
…to be hurt the most from any supply-chain disruptions. American exporters ship about 5.1 million containers, worth about $255 billion a year to China, according to the Agriculture Transportation Coalition….
Environmental Groups Hamper Endangered Species Conservation
…sue the Department of Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service to force action on 417 proposed listings under the Endangered Species Act. NCBA and the Public Lands Council say the…
Farm, Dairy Groups Praise USDA Surplus Cheese Purchases
Agriculture groups and the dairy industry are praising the Agriculture Department’s announcement to reduce surplus cheese stocks in the U.S., a move requested by the American Farm Bureau and others….
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…north via infected plant material or psyllids, but when. Nelsen said CCM, other grower organizations and CDFA are preparing a response plan to address HLB in California. Grower assessments are…
Poll Shows Support for TPP
…percent said they would be more likely to support TPP if they knew it would provide new markets overseas for U.S. farm products. The American Farm Bureau Federation says the…
USDA to Purchase Surplus Cheese, Continue to Assist Dairy Producers
Vilsack U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack talks with AgNet West on cheese purchase, extension of dairy MPP As the U.S. Department of Agriculture announces plans to purchase approximately 11 million pounds…
August Dairy Market Report
…continues to rise for butter, other than American-type cheese, and nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder, but not for American-type cheese. The increased milkfat sales in fluid products and…
ChemChina / Syngenta Merger
…and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future statements. These statements…