Everett Griner talks about mechanical technology and how it works on the farm in today’s Agri View. Farm Mechanical Technology Pickup trucks originally were a handy vehicle to serve farmers….
Amazon Poised to Disrupt the Grocery Industry
…of Amazon saw prices on popular items drop by a third. More discounts are expected in the future in their effort to shed the grocer’s reputation for high prices. In…
Goodyear Using Soybean Oil-Based Rubber in Tires
…group of farmer-directors who oversee the investments of a checkoff program on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers. The USB provided some funding support for the development of Goodyear’s soybean…
RFA Asking EPA to Expand Hurricane Harvey Fuel Waiver
…for another waiver, now? Request Especially, Dinneen says. if supplies tighten with dwindling stocks, or there are future refinery or terminal outages.From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Wholesale Chicken-Wings Hit Record High Prices
Wholesale prices of chicken wings are hitting record highs, leaving restaurants to choose between raising prices or cutting portions. The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans ate more than one…
University of Missouri Studying Tick-Borne Diseases
…the disease to keep cattle and herds healthy. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service. Image credit: Adult male (left) and female (right) Gulf coast ticks, Amblyomma maculatum…
Dow Chemical Company Pledges $1 Million for Hurricane Relief
…company says it will also match employee and retiree donations up to $100,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Crop Insurance Industry Responds to GOA Report
…the University of Illinois and Cornell University noted that net returns for crop insurance providers were just 1.5 percent from 2011-2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Trade Policies
…support he got from America’s farmers. He has pushed for changes in import/export trade that farmers don’t like. But, when he started to mess with that recently established trade and…
AFBF Submits Comments on Bioengineered Disclosure Standard
The National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, otherwise known as a national GMO labeling rule, is intended to require the disclosure of bioengineered food ingredients. The standard was signed into law…
Pork Industry Pressing for FMD Vaccine Bank in 2018 Farm Bill
…FMD outbreak would be even higher. Farm bill writers will already be under huge pressure to keep costs down in the 2018 bill. But the National Pork Producers Council wants…
China, India, Call for End of Farm Subsidies by U.S., Others
…China and India call the “most trade distorting element in the global trade in agriculture,” referring to allowable domestic support measures. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
WOTUS Public Meetings Scheduled
…Trump in repealing and replacing the WOTUS rule. Earlier this year, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said the change would offer certainty for agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Harvey Forces Shutdown of Texas Ports, Threatens Others
…Gulf of Mexico. About 60 percent of American soybean exports depart from the region, as do 59 percent of corn shipments. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….