…making co-polymers used in food packaging. Dow and DuPont are pushing to complete the merger by the end of this year. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Belgium Region Ignoring Deadline, Leaving Infinite Timeline on CETA
…Investment Partnership between the U.S. and the EU, along with a potential post-Brexit deal between the EU and the United Kingdom. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Federal Court to Decide Fate of R-CALF Suit
…challenge to the Beef Checkoff was filed this spring in a Billings, Montana federal court. The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund of the Stockgrowers of America, or R-CALF, filed the lawsuit…
Rural Mainstreet Index Reaches Lowest Level Since Recession
…month as bankers report one in five grain farmers are experiencing negative cash flows. The index, which ranges between and 100, fell to 31.8 from September’s 37.3. Survey organizer Ernie…
Vilsack Names Members and Alternates to the Hass Avocado Board
…promotion boards. The boards empower farmers and ranchers to leverage their own resources to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets, and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight,…
Farm Profits and Adoption of Precision Agriculture
…all three PA technologies. — Higher levels of unpaid labor and higher yield goals, representing the farmer’s self-reported yield potential, have a negative effect on PA adoption. Unpaid labor is…
Officials Warn of Flash Flood Potential
Flood and fire officials from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), CAL FIRE and the National Weather Service (NWS) warn that weather and land conditions across California increase the…
An Early Farm Bill Means More Money for Ag
…He’s afraid that many farmers won’t be able to obtain financing for the next growing season because of falling revenue thanks to low commodity prices. Peterson said lawmakers would have…
Rabobank Says Pork Export Pace is Slowing
A lot of pork production and slowing Chinese pork imports are going to pressure American pork prices in the next several months, according to Rabobank in its latest quarterly Pork…
Canada-EU Trade Deal All But Dead
…as this one give too much power to multi-nationals, who may even have the power to intimidate other governments. A BBC dot com report said the small region of Wallonia…
Ambassadors Make Case for Lame-Duck TPP Vote
…in a recent event hosted by the National Foreign Trade Council. The trade deal includes the U.S. and other countries that collectively make up 40 percent of the world’s Gross…
Clinton, Trump Campaigns Talk Agriculture
Ag advisers from the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns took center stage at a recent forum on American agricultural issues. Ag topics haven’t been front and center in the…
Informa Expects More Soybeans In 2017
…lowest level since 1970, right at 48.9 million acres. The company estimates wheat farmers will harvest 35.4 million acres in 2017. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Promoting the Taste of America in India
Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Alexis Taylor and Consul General Tom Vajda for the U.S. Consulate General Mumbai kickoff the Taste of America celebration at the…