…At the time, the National Milk Producers Federation encouraged dairy producers to “take a second look at the program” and its revisions. According to USDA, dairy producers must select new…
Congress to Study Ways to Reduce Food Waste
…is wasted each year. Pingree and Young said in a joint statement that Americans are wasting food at a time when 50 million other Americans don’t always know where their…
First Insurance Service for Indoor Farmers Launched
Indoor farmers now have an insurance option to fit their needs. Contain Inc, an alternate finance business for indoor agriculture, has launched an insurance service for indoor farmers in collaboration…
Trump Tariffs Impacting Manufactures, Ag and Beer Makers
…industry. Institute President and CEO Jim McGreevy says the tariffs are having an “immediate and disproportionate” impact on American brewers. The organization says the recently-imposed tariffs will drive aluminum prices…
Farm Bureau to Offer Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance
The American Farm Bureau Federation, in cooperation with American Farm Bureau Insurance Services, has developed a new risk-management insurance product for dairy farmers. Approved by the Agriculture Department’s Federal Crop…
Highlighting the Importance of Foreign Markets to California
A recent event in Acampo, just outside Sacramento, was hosted by Farmers for Free Trade and the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) to emphasize the importance of foreign markets for…
Rabobank: Corn Prices Could Exceed $4 a Bushel
…production through acreage or yield loss will put pressure on corn prices. The Rabobank Pricing Probability model forecasts that there is now over a 50 percent probability that futures prices…
Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Slips in April Report
…agriculture sector, along with a decline in their expectations for future economic conditions. Respondents indicated they are becoming more pessimistic about agricultural trade, citing the declining price expectations for soybeans….
Nothing New on NAFTA as Trump Extends Tariff Exemptions
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue this week said no news should be expected this week regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). That’s because Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is traveling…
USDA Celebrates World Trade Month
…China, and the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Agricultural trade is critical for the U.S. farm sector and the American economy. In 2017, U.S. exports of food…
NAFTA Negotiations Continue Next Week
Negotiations for revamping the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will continue next week as all sides remain hopeful to reach a deal this month. Top-level talks, according to reports,…
New TPP Moving Forward
…Representative Robert Lighthizer and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow to consider rejoining the TPP, but he later voiced his preference for a bilateral trade agreement with Japan rather than…
Growth Energy Comments on EPA CVR Waiver
…submitted a proposal to change the point of blending under the RFS away from refiners and further down the supply chain. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Biodiesel Ranks First Among Fleets for Alt Fuel Use
A survey of fleet vehicle providers has found that biodiesel is now the most popular alternative fuel option on the market, followed by E85. The National Biodiesel Board says the…