…2016, soybean production rose two percent, cotton production 20 percent, and winter wheat production one percent higher than its July forecast. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
Shifting Migration & Labor Strategies, with Drop in Unauthorized Share & Rise in Use of H-2A Program Shifting migration patterns and labor strategies are reshaping the overwhelmingly foreign-born U.S. agricultural…
Tax and Regulatory Reform Top AFBF Fall Agenda
…already briefing staffs on ag needs and working to be ready when leadership decides what will be on the floor next. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
SNAP Battle Top Obstacle for Farm Bill
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson says the biggest problem facing legislators as they write the new Farm Bill isn’t just funding. Peterson told sugar producers and processors this…
Farmers Still Support Trump but Worry Over Farm Bill
…with Trump’s work on domestic issues. A slightly smaller number at 49 percent would give Trump an A or B on agricultural issues. The survey found producers seriously worried about…
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…
Farm Economy May Be Starting to Stabilize
The prolonged downturn in the farm economy continued in the second quarter of 2017. However, data from the Kansas City Fed’s Survey on Agricultural Credit Conditions shows the farm economy…
August USDA WASDE Report Released
…reduced from the previous month as slow growth in milk per cow more than offsets increases in dairy cow numbers. Read the August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report….
Agri View: Export Trade
…over 7,000 jobs for nonfarm workers. Here is a stunning figure. United States agricultural exports created over one billion non-farm jobs in 2016. Another factor. Canada and Mexico, our neighbors,…
Alumnus Montgomery Returns as New Fresno State Winemaker
…Fresno State to build upon its reputation of training the best winemakers for today’s global wine industry,” said Sandra Witte, dean of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology…
USDA Calls for Nominations for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee
…two-year terms. Committee members represent the entire spectrum of the fruit and vegetable industry including shippers, wholesalers, brokers, retailers, processors, fresh cut processors, foodservice suppliers, state agencies, state departments of…
Poll Shows Americans Support Tax Reform for Farmers
…survey say farmers and ranchers should get special tax treatment because of the challenges and risks that are specific to agriculture. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Reports Preview
…that won’t sit well with traders.” USDA does have the potential to lower world demand because of huge South American crops. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
National Potato Council on Continued Mexican Potato Ban
…for access into the entire Mexican country back in 2013, but Mexican potato growers filed a legal challenge to that action. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….