…issues including reducing the trade deficit, preventing job outsourcing and providing better market access to Canada for U.S. dairy farmers. The “skinny NAFTA,” Ujczo says, would fall in line with…
Cargill Still Concerned About Likelihood of Trade War
…official writes in the letter that U.S. farmers will be hurt the most by declining prices linked to China retaliatory efforts, including a 25 percent tariff on U.S. soybeans. Cargill…
Agri View: Farmers Concerns and TPP Losses
Everett Griner talks about how U.S. loses will play out without TPP in today’s Agri View. Everett tells us about some of the concerns farmers in the United States are…
Proposed Tariff Hearings Underway in Washington
…witnesses. One of those testifying is farmer Michelle Erickson-Jones, a member of Farmers for Free Trade, who says the U.S. farm community is already feeling the effects of the threatened…
Farmers Union Urges USDA to Proactively Address Farm Suicide Crisis
The National Farmers Union says many farmers and ranchers are coping with alarming levels of stress, and that farmers and ranchers commit suicide at a rate five times that of…
Agri View: Georgia Citrus Expanding Thanks to Research
…a milder climate. It looks like Georgia farmers have done what they all do. They have found a new crop to grow. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Perdue Names Bruce Summers AMS Administrator
…Administrator, Bruce has proved he has the knowledge and steady hand needed to continue leading AMS in their service to American farmers and families. I know that as AMS Administrator,…
Farmers Focus on Consumer’s Wants, Nutritional Value Food Labels
People who attended the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s 2018 Stakeholders Summit earlier this month discussed the farmer, the consumer and nutritional value food labels that connect the two. Other topics included…
NAFTA Clock Is Ticking
…Lighthizer tells lawmakers he’s taking steps to tackle Canada’s milk pricing program, which American dairy farmers want killed in NAFTA 2.0. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
St. Louis Fed Survey Shows Farm Income Down Once Again
…of farmers using off-farm income to maintain cash flow. 41 percent of the banks said that 25 percent of their farmer-customers had off-farm income. More than half of the banks…
Agri View: Who Loses in the Event of a Trade War?
Everett Griner talks about what the threat of a trade war has done to farmers in today’s Agri View. Everett looks at how the talk about a trade war has…
Conaway Comments on Trump Challenging India Market Practices
…Conaway says Congress should do also stand up for farmers and ranchers by passing a strong new farm bill this year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Wheat Growers Talk Farm Bill with Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.
…income of wheat farmers is expected to decline more than 21 percent this year from last year, combining with low commodity prices and a suffering ag economy, all reasons “strong…
NCGA 2018 Yield Contest Online Entry Now Open
The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is inviting farmers to register early for the organization’s National Corn Yield Contest. As farmers are in the fields planting corn, an early registration…