…round ravaged that parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado took the lives of several people. Now you cannot put a price on that. But, farmers and ranchers lost rangeland,…
Agriculture Looks for Ways to Boost Exports
…Russia and India. Warner says export sales remain the answer to boosting domestic prices. Exports The same demand-price boost for grain that faces GMO barriers in the EU and China….
Agri View: Resuming Beef Trade
…create hundreds of civilian jobs. Jobs that do not exist right now. And remember, that 14 year period of business loss is the result of one case of Mad Cow…
AFBF, AFBIS, Others, Propose Dairy Revenue Protection Insurance Concept
…Concept Currently, insurance programs offered to dairy farmers all use margin-based instruments. The margin insurance programs protect the difference between the milk price and the feed cost, not revenue. Newton…
Farm Trade Expert Says Trump “Playing With Fire” on NAFTA Comments
…Favored Nation’ WTO-bound rates, placing much higher tariffs on U.S. goods going to Mexico, than on their goods coming to the U.S. And then, there’s the potential loss of international…
Wheat Growers Say NAFTA Can be Improved
…is highly concerning and disenfranchises farmers near the border who can’t take advantage of price premiums at Canadian elevators when they occur.” “The new NAFTA can provide opportunities for both…
Improving Livestock Digestion with GMO Clover
…them from being digested too quickly. The results should improve the absorption of protein. The project also aims to reduce the loss of nitrogen into the environment and potentially create…
Cattle Loss Limited from Montana Wildfires
…Drovers Cattle Network Dot Com that cattle losses from the fires have been limited. 29 fires are currently active in Montana, with the bulk of them burning in the western…
Economic Study Shows Renewable Fuel Standard Added to Price of Corn
A new economic study shows the Renewable Fuel Standard has added a third to the price of corn and saved the U.S. nearly 18-billion in gasoline costs. The Iowa State…
U.S. Feed Grain and Ethanol Exports Up
…the new record could be achieved by the end of this marketing year thanks to attractive prices. Meanwhile, U.S. ethanol exports have already reached a new all-time high at 1.15…
ABC / Disney Settlement with BPI Worth More Than $177 Million
…Dakota-based BPI sued ABC for $1.9 billion over its 2012 coverage of lean finely textured beef, including its use of the term “pink slime” to describe the product. BPI saw…
Early Market Benefits Apple Growers
…returns is yet to be seen,” he added. “I’ve seen a lot of markets that are interested in buying until price comes into the equation, and then things slow down.”…
Farm Labor Shortage May Drive Produce Prices Higher
…drought, accidentally drowning their lettuce crops. The only silver lining is vegetable prices haven’t risen significantly yet, even though fruit prices have. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News…
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…don’t want to see is them lower both corn yield and corn demand,” Gulke added. “If they lower the demand side such that it overshadows any loss in production, that…