…exports are expected to total $134 billion next year. The expected convergence of dairy prices in the U.S. and around the world will make American dairy products more competitive overseas….
The Meat-Cancer Link Debate Heats Up Again
…even called into the question the funding provided to the IARC by the National Institute of Health. The North American Meat Institute responded to the petition this week, calling it…
More Volatility Ahead for Cattle Markets
…global slowdown,” he said. The bull market for commodities started in 2009 at the end of the global financial crisis. Crop farmers and livestock producers all raised their production efforts…
No GMO Wheat Found in Commercial Supplies
…testing the farmer’s entire wheat harvest. All samples were found to be without any G.E. material. The National Association of Wheat Growers and U.S. Wheat Associates issued a release thanking…
Proposed Tax Regulation a Threat to Future Cattle Farms
…assets just to survive.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Proposed Tax Regulation Threaten Multigenerational Cattle Operations Cattlemen Call for Proposed IRS…
Farm Income Drops 17 Percent in 2016
U.S. farmers will see their net incomes drop in 2016 for the third consecutive year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says weaker cash returns on livestock, poultry, and dairy farms…
Winter Vegetable Harvest Gets Early Start
…market gap while farmers in more southern regions accelerate their production, but Hawk said there’s not likely to be a shortage during the transition this year. “There’s lettuce, romaine; other…
Trade Group Suing Dr. Oz Over Fake Olive Oil Claims
…2015. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: North American Olive Oil Association Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, who has come under fire for relying on junk science,…
Canada Ranchers Under Quarantine to Receive Federal Funding
…Alberta earlier this year. Many of the cattle within the quarantine zone are slated to be destroyed, according to Canada’s government. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
FTC Says Ethanol Industry Still Competitive
…Trade Commission (FTC). The agency’s annual update concluded: “The exercise of market power to set prices or coordination on price and output levels, is unlikely.” Pro Farmer’s First Thing Today…
Ending Subsidies for Renewable Energy
…at wind and solar for their “high” subsides. During the campaign, Trump said the EPA would be gutted if he is elected. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Australia Moving on TPP
…ratification of the trade deal following a thorough review of the agreement. The recommendation comes as the final report from the committee recognizes a “resurgence of nationalism and isolationism internationally,”…
Agri View: Hard Work
…if you measured the labor input of all agriculture dairy farming would be at or near the top. Dairy farmers have to produce a crop just like any other farmer….
New Test Genetically IDs Fungal Wheat Threat
…South America and, most recently, Bangladesh. The fungus Magnaporthe oryzae triticum (MoT) was first detected in Brazil in 1985. The disease has moved into the neighboring countries of Argentina, Bolivia…