…Dairy industry groups have vowed to continue to seek more support for dairy farmers through Congress and the next farm bill. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
AEM: First-Quarter Ag Tractor & Combine Sales Data Released
…negative changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, and the Department of Agriculture forecast of a decline in 2018 net farm profits. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Honeybee Update
…the progress and what is being done to end the purge. Now, most of my information comes from California because that is where with so farmers with so many different…
Trump’s EO on Reducing Poverty Promotes Economic Independence
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue applauded President Donald J. Trump’s Executive Order (EO), titled “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility,” which calls for lifting American…
NCBA Files Comments for Regulating Fake Meat
This week the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted official comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. The comments…
China Files WTO Complaint, Pledges to Lower Some Tariffs
…the two nations will reach a mutually beneficial agreement, while Chinese officials recently said negotiations would be impossible under “current circumstances.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Trade War Help for Farmers: All Options on the Table
…to the risks farmers face in a trade dispute with China. Trump claimed that “farmers will be better off than they ever were,” but offered a vague timeline of when…
GOA Issues Report on Cattle Markets
…competition levels among packers that slaughter and process fed cattle did not appear to affect the national price changes in the fed cattle market in 2015 but that areas of…
Agri View: Sorghum, an Unusual Crop
…important crop to the few farmers who grow it. By the way, if I read anything else, I will let you know. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Farm Groups Want Farm Bill to Address Farmer Suicides
A group of farm organizations led by the National Farmers Union are urging Congress to address farmer suicide rates in the next farm bill. The Coalition of 35 farm groups…
NAFTA Talks Progressing
Trade officials from the U.S., Mexico and Canada are hopeful to reach a consensus on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by early May. A trade negotiator from Mexico…
Agri View: Cattle Trade
…get involved in the TPP International Trade Pact or not. But presently, our President has withdrawn us completely. Let’s see, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Canada, and Hong Kong are some…
USDA to Immediately Assist Producers for Qualifying Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program Losses
…Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, through the South, the Southwest, California and the Great Plains, American agriculture was devastated by natural disasters in 2017,” said Bill Northey, Under Secretary…
Marfrig Becomes World’s 2nd Largest Beef Processor
…will hold the remaining 3 percent. The minority shareholders have committed to maintain their shares in National Beef for a minimum of five years. National Beef will remain under the…