…and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. March 15, 2020 is the enrollment deadline for the 2019 crop year. Although more than 200,000 producers have enrolled to date, FSA anticipates 1.5…
Ag Groups Respond to Phase One Trade Deal Signing
…pork and mounting food price inflation. The U.S. is typically the largest pork exporting nation in the world and generally the lowest-cost producer in the world. We are ideally positioned…
Citrus Growers Optimistic for Progress in Chinese Trade Market
…compete when you’ve got almost a double price on a tariff,” said Creamer. An initial trade agreement between the U.S. and China was announced back in December, both parties to…
Agricultural Representation in Mainstream Media is a Concern
A lack of agricultural representation by major media outlets is becoming more of a concern, particularly in recent years. The concept of appropriate coverage of the agricultural industry was the…
Chinese Trade Deal to Be Signed in Coming Weeks
…their highest price since June 2018. Despite the positive momentum in the trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, there is some skepticism among industry experts as to exactly how…
Voices Of The Valley Podcast: Leveraging Worldwide Data to Stay Competitive in Markets, Part 2
…of loss by being able to improve decision-making. Listen to part one of Montoya’s conversation here. Sponsored Content CIR Agriculture Harvester Products March 1, 2026 Let’s Talk Livestock Risk Protection…
Fighting Almond Disease? Particle Size Does Matter.
…effective disease control with copper is coverage. The more uniformly and completely leaf surfaces are covered, the better the performance. Nufarm’s Copper Champs contain more precise-sized particles, and more of…
More Hemp Insurance Options Available from USDA
…2020 crop year. The MPCI coverage is being offered in conjunction with the Whole-Farm Revenue Protection coverage that was made available to producers earlier in the year. Hemp producers will…
Broadband Map Fix Will Reveal Needs
(AFBF) — The House of Representatives passed Farm Bureau-backed legislation that will improve the accuracy of broadband coverage maps to better identify needs. The Broadband Deployment Accuracy and Technological Availability…
USDA Extends Deadlines for Dairy Margin Coverage, Market Facilitation Programs
…Farm Bill and available through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA), the program offers reasonably priced protection to dairy producers when the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed…
November 2019 Dairy Market Report
…highest prices in nearly five years. The September U.S. average all-milk price was the highest since December 2014, as was the October AMS survey price of non-fat dry milk and…
Survey Reveals Crucial Data on Fusarium Head Blight
…reduce a farmer’s yield and affect quality, lowering the price of the grain. Also, the Fusarium fungus produces a mycotoxin called deoxynivalenol or DON. Wheat with DON levels above 2 parts per…
U.S. Pork Can Reduce Overall U.S. Trade Deficit with China by Nearly Six Percent
…pork prices are rising in China amid trade war with USA and Donald Trump. Credit: B.Zhou / Shutterstock.com “Were it not for China’s tariffs that are severely limiting access to…
Thanksgiving Dinner Cost Rises Only a Penny
…the same this year, there were some price changes for individual items. In addition to turkey, foods that showed slight price declines include cubed bread stuffing and canned pumpkin pie…