…the Trump administration, contend that India is under-reporting its market price support for wheat and rice. The U.S. says that India’s market price support for wheat and rice far exceeded…
USDA Projects Smaller Corn, Soybean Crops
…summer growing season weather. The season-average farm price for corn is projected at $3.30 to $4.30 per bushel, up 40 cents at the midpoint from 2017/18. Meanwhile, the U.S. soybean…
American Farmland Trust Study: U.S. Farmland Shrinking
…“Farms Under Threat: The State of America’s Farmland” report, according to American Farmland Trust, shows the loss of farmland “is serious” and “will accelerate” unless action is taken. The report…
First-Ever WTO Counter Notification Against India’s Market Price Support Issued by U.S.
…with India’s notification of its market price support for rice and wheat. These include issues with the quantity of production used in market price support calculations, the exclusion of state-level…
Agri View: Fruit and Vegetable Labor Problem
…is causing this price increase is labor. Farmers are dealing with two problems. Both labor related. In the first place, it is getting harder and harder to find the labor…
Secretary Perdue Commits to Prioritizing Food Waste Solutions
…feed everyone.’” Secretary Perdue meets with Rep. Chellie Pingree (ME-1), Rep. David Young (IA-3), and food and agricultural stakeholders to discuss solutions to America’s food waste and loss problems. Background:…
Food Price Index up 2.7 Percent
The Global Food Price Index has increased two percent since this time last year. Released last week, the monthly record of global food prices by the Food and Agriculture Organization…
Analyst: Labor Shortages and Volatile Feed Prices Ahead for Meat Industry
…Meat Institute this week there are implications for the meat industry, including a pending labor shortage and possible volatile commodity prices ahead, according to meat industry publication Meatingplace. Close warns…
Dairy MPP Enrollment Deadline a Month Away
…coverage for 2018, even if they enrolled during the previous sign-up period last fall. Coverage choices made this spring for calendar year 2018 will be retroactive to January 1, 2018….
First Insurance Service for Indoor Farmers Launched
…insurance option clears the confusion for indoor growers to protect from crop loss. A company spokesperson points out that growers have sometimes found that they’re not covered for key risks,…
Farm Bureau to Offer Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance
…their milk. Other than those dairy pricing options, Dairy-RP coverage otherwise functions similarly to area-based crop revenue protection insurance policies. The coverage would offer revenue guarantees based on futures prices,…
Rabobank: Corn Prices Could Exceed $4 a Bushel
…production through acreage or yield loss will put pressure on corn prices. The Rabobank Pricing Probability model forecasts that there is now over a 50 percent probability that futures prices…
Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer Slips in April Report
…agriculture sector, along with a decline in their expectations for future economic conditions. Respondents indicated they are becoming more pessimistic about agricultural trade, citing the declining price expectations for soybeans….
Agri View: Agriculture Losses from 2017 Storms
…of the agriculture losses. It’s in the books now. They are closed for the year on agriculture. For 2017. And, it is good that they are. There were three good…