…Republican, and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso, a Wyoming Republican, means the E15 bill will head to the committee for markup within the next week or…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that John Deere and Monsanto had terminated their attempted sale of Precision Planting, LLC., from Monsanto to John Deere. The department filed…
NCC Extremely Disappointed With Exclusion of Cottonseed Policy From Omnibus
…policy, and in particular, Sens. Cochran (R-MS), Cornyn (R-TX), Boozman (R-AR), Perdue (R-GA), Roberts (R-KS), Strange (R-AL), and Reps. Conaway (R-TX), Peterson (D-MN), Aderholt (R-AL), Bishop (D-GA), McCarthy (R-CA), Frelinghuysen…
Tulare County Celebrates Farm Bureau Leaders
…very active role in helping deter nut theft thru their leadership in the industry. Service to Farm Bureau Award John Gamper John Gamper retired in February 2017 from 39 years…
Spring Picnic Market Basket
…John Newton, AFBF’s Director of Market Intelligence who says there was some items that may have cost a little more at the checkout. For white bread, salad mix, as well…
Agri View: Agricultural Equipment Sales
…those equipment builders too. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner. Image credit: A row of John Deere tractors ready for a California agricultural auction Image ID:261924122 Copyright: Maria…
Egg-Citing News – Food Prices Down for Easter
…John Newton, AFBF’s director of market intelligence. The informal survey showed the total cost of 16 food items that can be used to prepare one or more meals was $50.03,…
Senate Ag Appropriator Says no Budget Cuts this Fiscal Year
The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations panel says there will be no budget cuts this fiscal year. North Dakota Republican John Hoeven says the current fiscal year is “too…
Guatemala to Eliminate Tariffs on U.S. Chicken Products
…From: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative USTR Announces New Access for U.S. Poultry Exports to Guatemala Guatemala to Eliminate Tariffs on U.S. Poultry John Melle, Assistant USTR for the…
Black Market Hackers Selling Tractor Repair Software Illegally
…Tech Dot Com reports that software hackers overseas are creating and selling hacks to John Deere software. Local repair shops in America’s farm country are downloading the hacks and using…
Rabo AgriFinance Partnering with FFA to Support Agriculture’s Future
…and Firestone. The highest FFA sponsorship level, Platinum Sponsors, which provide $1 million or more, include CSX, John Deere and Monsanto. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Task Force Arrests Man for Stealing & Selling Farm Equipment
…grader (est. value $5,000), 2,000 gallon steel water storage tank (est. value $3,000), chain link fencing & rolling gates (est. value $4,500) and a John Deere hydraulic row disk (est….
Fresno County Farm and Nutrition Day this Week
…Kerman-Floyd Kings Canyon Unified Alta, Jefferson, McCord Kingsburg Elementary Central Valley Home School Laton Unified Laton Pacific Union Elementary Pacific Union Parlier Unified Cesar E. Chavez, S. Ben Benavidez, John…
Farmers Volunteer to Monitor Levees
…the levee system within their jurisdiction—and they are as diverse as the state’s agriculture, said John Paasch, chief of the flood operations branch for the California Department of Water Resources….