…Personnel at a UC facility that suffered significant losses in the Mendocino Complex Fire will now be shifting much of their focus to fire-related research projects. “In the post-fire recovery…
Animal Ag Groups Ask for Permanent Funding for Disease Preparedness
…create long-lasting ramifications.” The letter says recent studies indicate that the cumulative 10-year loss due to an uncontrolled FMD outbreak would be $199.8 billion. The coalition includes more than 100…
Answer Upcoming NASS Survey; It Impacts Your Bottom Line
…Price Loss Coverage Program and even farm appraisals. If NASS does not receive an adequate number of farmer-completed surveys from a certain county, it must use other less reliable sources…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
…farmers to lose revenue from lower prices. The agricultural economists foresee major losses for many commodities caused by diverting the produce from high tariff countries to sell in the remaining…
Farming Groups Call for Swift Farm Bill Passage
…years, the presidents of the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union are asking Senate and House conferees to move quickly. Everything from commodity price supports to childhood nutrition,…
Global Food Prices Decline
Global food prices declined in July, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Monthly Food Price Index averaged 168.8 points in July 2018, down 6.5…
Grains Exports on Track to Set New Record
…as a reminder of the resiliency” of U.S. exports and of the quality and price competitiveness of U.S. coarse grains and co-products. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Senate Approves Ag Appropriations Bill
…his Agriculture Risk Coverage pilot program to allow for an alternate calculation method for crop payments when National Agricultural Statistics Service data is insufficient. The bill also increases funding for…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Businesses and Assets from Bayer
…agreements in October 2017 and April 2018 to acquire the businesses and assets Bayer offered to divest to allow approval of its acquisition of Monsanto, for an all-cash purchase price…
Agri View: Farm Share Continues to Decline
….15. In officials records this is known as the Farm Share. Not everything, just the food. Now, this a statistic measured by the Producer Price Index for Farm Products. You…
Agri View: Meat Production Outlook for 2019
…prices, and conditions. Even turkey production is expected to rise as the price level slowly goes up. You can see it is based mostly on price, and markets. What the…
USDA Opens Election Period for Seed Cotton Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that seed cotton producers, who want to participate in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2018…
Celebrating National Scotch Day
…moderation of course, including weight loss, reducing stress, controlling diabetes, preventing heart disease, reducing the risk of cancer, as well as giving your memory a needed boost. A single serving…
Study: Farmers Will Buy Less Crop Insurance if it Costs More
…demand is clearly responsive to price. That’s been proven by a rise in participation following Congressional actions over the years to provide premium support instead of ad hoc disaster payments….