…acreage switch will be determined in part by crop demand for those commodities in the new year. Producers saw an unusually good planting window in 2016, but a return to…
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
…survey can directly benefit producers themselves by helping leaders focus on what producers need to install conservation practices that are best for their operations environmentally and financially.” Over the past…
Cautious Optimism Ahead in Dairy Prices
…stocks to use ratio. U.S. milk production trends are starting to move east. Bailey said the most recent milk production report showed a decline in California milk production and a…
Ag Groups React to New GIPSA Rules
…Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined some of the new proposals and Ag groups are worried. Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council says the interim rule allows individual farmers…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…now estimated at 4.5 million bales, equivalent to 29 percent of total disappearance. The forecast range for the marketing-year average price received by producers of 63.0 to 71.0 cents per…
Peterson Named U.S. Wheat Associates President in 2017
…to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers and their customers.” Its activities are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding…
With Election Day Over, Farm Groups Push for TPP
…Producers Council and the National Corn Growers Association are pressing the current Congress to consider and approve the trade deal during the lame-duck session. The fate of TPP remains uncertain,…
FSA County Committee Election Process Underway
Ag producers in their local Farm Service Agency service areas are casting ballots for new FSA County Committee members through December 5th. Rod Bain has the story. election-process-underway…
Thanksgiving Dinner Savings
…potatoes, buttered rolls, pumpkin pie, a relish tray of carrots and celery, milk and coffee. If you tend to serve more people and offer a wider range of dishes —…
Alberta Beef Producers Want TB Support
The Alberta Beef Producers organization is calling for financial support for ranchers as Canada investigates a case of bovine tuberculosis. Ag Canada reports the group recently said a significant number…
Food and Ag Science Will Shape Our Future
…their impacts. In 2014, USDA established seven regional Climate Hubs and three sub-hubs. The Hubs are set up to process science and research into information that is accessible to producers,…
Beginning Farmers Learn from California
…easy feat to get started in the business of farming and ranching. Through BFI, beginning farmers and ranchers connect with a variety of experienced producers and industry experts, who share…
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Oppose TPP
…in its current form, TPP “will be opening our borders to a flood of low-cost Milk Protein Concentrates from New Zealand,” which he says will displace Wisconsin milk and cheese…
USDA Expands Working-Lands Conservation Opportunities through CRP
…(5) environmental factors and (6) pollinator habitat. Offers for the second ranking period also will be considered from producers who submitted offers for the first ranking period but were not…