…further delay in the renewal is unwarranted and puts European farmers and the agriculture industry at a disadvantage. The company is urging swift and full renewal of glyphosate by the…
John Deere Tightens Leasing Terms
Deere and Company announced it has tightened conditions for equipment leasing as lower farm incomes are leading farmers to lease rather than purchase equipment. Dow Jones reports that the fall…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…examined the growing pressures in rural America from the perspective of their subcommittee. Members heard from a panel of witnesses who highlighted the current conditions farmers and ranchers are facing…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…more farmers would have seen benefits in 2015 and participated at higher levels this year,” he said. Mooney said that the MPP remains a work in progress, and that farmers…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…digital tools. The Company achieved good results in Brazil in the quarter, with the insecticide GALIL(®), a differentiated mixture of two active ingredients, seeing strong demand from soybean farmers suffering…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…for delivery to energy conversion facilities, and it is a key piece of USDA’s strategy to grow the rural economy and create new markets for our farmers and ranchers.” Dolcini…
Bayer Releases More Info on Monsanto Bid
…integrated agriculture platform with a broad product portfolio. The combined business would benefit from a combined R&D pipeline that would deliver valuable and innovative solutions for farmers, with a focus…
AFBF Supports GMO Study
“The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine have reaffirmed what thousands of other studies have found, and what farmers, scientists and educated consumers have known all along: genetically engineered…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…small-scale farmers in the early years of adoption, enduring and widespread gains will depend on such farmers receiving institutional support, such as access to credit, affordable inputs such as fertilizer,…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
…farmers and ranchers, and we’re confident it will provide enormous new market opportunities for high-quality U.S. pork products,” said NPPC President John Weber, a pork producer from Dysart, Iowa. “America’s…
Agri View: Women Farm Operators
…Age, Race, Ethnicity, and More In 2012, U.S. farmers were older and more diverse than in 2007, the last time the agriculture census was conducted. The total number of farmers…
House Ag Committee Highlights Veteran Farmer Contributions
…dedicate themselves to securing our domestic food security as farmers and ranchers deserve our praise, particularly as we approach the Memorial Day holiday. I am hopeful that the programs and…
Funding for Critical Water Research
…for the men and women who raise the food we eat,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “Better water management practices, tools and technologies will make a difference for farmers, ranchers,…
Impacts of Environmental Regulations and Voluntary Conservation Solutions Examined
…are tasked with examining the growing pressure in rural America from the perspective of the subcommittee. Members heard from two panels of witnesses, including farmers and ranchers who are utilizing…