…price received by producers is projected ten cents lower with a midpoint of $3.50 per bushel. Meanwhile, U.S. Soybean production is projected at a record 4.6 billion bushels, up 107…
2019 Farmland Rental Rates Expected Steady with 2018
…for the most part. The company notes that despite current low grain prices, many farmers had the opportunity to forward price corn and soybeans at similar or better prices than…
Senate Ag Leaders Question USDA Reorganization
…many employees to leave USDA and cause a loss of expertise, along with making it difficult for USDA researchers to work with other federal agencies on issues such as infectious…
Agri View: River Barge Traffic
…farm products. Not just the soybeans. Those idle barges means the loss of jobs. Although, the Mississippi River drags along through several states. It seems that Illinois, Iowa, and Arkansas,…
Record Walnut Production Forecasted for 2018
…the price per ton, have both shown a steady trend of growth. The past ten years of data show that on average final production numbers have been within approximately 25,000…
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
…sell a good crop at a fair price, rather than receive government aid, and that’s what long-term trade deals will accomplish. But in the meantime, President Trump has promised that…
The Western View: CRB Study in Ag Financial Issues
…California growers will have to charge more for their products – even with the shipping costs of the foreign-grown fruit factored in. We all know that when the price of…
Water Works: Diverse Opposition to the State Water Proposal
…on agriculture as a main economic driver, a significant loss of financial activity from a decline in farm production could be catastrophic for entire communities. After receiving more than 250…
Agri View: Christmas Tree Crop Problems
Everett Griner talks about problems with the 2018 Christmas tree crop in today’s Agri View. Everett explains how the problems with the drought, and other problems, will affect the price…
Wildfire Inadvertently Provides New Research Opportunities
…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,…