U.S. Fuel Ethanol exports are up sharply in the current marketing year, thanks in part to tighter fuel supplies in Brazil, which are resulting in higher U.S. imports. The change…
Florida Teacher Calls Ag Students “Murderers”
Thomas Allison, Jr. A Florida teacher is on the verge of losing his job after bullying and harassing FFA students that were raising livestock to be sold for slaughter. An…
Perdue Convinces Trump not to Terminate NAFTA
…Canada, Trump announced the U.S. will renegotiate the agreement rather than leave it entirely. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share this Post Holloway Agronomist Highlights Soil…
Farmer Opinions on Trump’s First 100-Days
A new Farm Journal poll offers farmer perspective on Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. In fact, Farm Journal has tracked farmer opinions on Trump since 2015. Several polls…
Trump Threatens to Terminate ‘KORUS’
…deal that should never have been made,” Trump said, “it’s a one-way street.” South Korea is the sixth-largest trading partner with the U.S. However, the Office of the U.S. Trade…
Most Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Find Milk Buyers
…U.S. dairy farmers. As of Thursday (April 27), dairy farmers close to the situation tell the Journal-Sentinel that it appears all the farmers who lost their contracts with Grassland now…
Agri View: Importing Lemons
…a dozen lemons may wind up costing U.S. growers a lot more than a few cents. In the first place growers in California, Florida and, in time to come, Georgia…
Trump Administration Commits to Continued Staunch Defense of U.S. Food and Beverage Manufacturers Using Common Food Names
A report on intellectual property issued Friday by the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) outlined the Trump Administration’s continuing commitment to curtailing the damaging abuses of geographical indications (GIs) –…
National Arbor Day
Cathy Isom tells us about the National holiday dedicated to planting and caring for some of the Earth’s greatest treasures. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Every last…
Brazil meat Companies Lost $1.5 Billion after Investigation
Meat companies in Brazil lost the U.S. equivalent of $1.52 billion after the nation’s federal police announced an investigation into a tainted meat scandal. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports an…
Cargill Exiting U.S. Cattle Feeding Business
Cargill has announced it will exit from its U.S. cattle feeding business. The move means that in the last year, the company has gone for the fourth-largest feeder in the…
U.S. Milk Exports to Mexico at Risk
$1.2 billion of milk exports from the U.S. to Mexico are at risk as Mexico appears to be seeking new trading partners. Mexico is America’s top dairy exporter, and as…
Former USTR Says Future NAFTA Renegotiations Unpredictable
A former U.S. trade representative warned Canada that trade negotiations with the U.S. would be much less predictable with the Donald Trump administration. Obama-era USTR Michael Froman told Canada-based CBC…
Trump to Renegotiate NAFTA, For Now
…U.S. exported corn. U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Tom Sleight said the council was “shocked and distressed” by the news, adding there is strong support to update and modernize…