The two biggest independent seed sellers in the United States are seeking a ban of dicamba beyond pre-plant applications. Beck’s Hybrids and Stine Seed told Reuters most complaints about dicamba…
American Farm Bureau Coalition Fights to Stop Illegal 2015 WOTUS Rule
…overbroad, vague and illegal 2015 Waters of the United States Rule (WOTUS) and made it the law of the land in 26 states. In a separate filing, the same coalition…
NFU: Beef Producers Disadvantaged by Current “Product of U.S.A” Labeling Standards
…United States to carry the “Product of the U.S.A.” label. NFU wrote to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, that the standards “need to be changed immediately.” The NFU action…
Perdue Talks Tariffs, Water in San Joaquin Valley
…care about eating every day and if the farmers don’t have water they are not going to get food to the United States.” Listen to the interview with Perdue below….
Farm Bureau: Now, More Than Ever, We Must Ditch the Rule
…Waters of the United States Rule is now the law of the land in twenty-six states. Duvall “To avoid widespread uncertainty and potential enforcement against ordinary farming activities in these…
Celebrating National Lemon Meringue Pie Day
…Meringue was perfected in the 17th century. Lemon meringue pie, as we know it today, was developed in the 19th century. The United States is among the top 5 lemon-producing…
China: U.S. Agriculture May Never Bounce Back
…the trade war began, China has imposed duties on 90 percent of agricultural goods from the United States. China charges that additional tariffs will cause “a great decrease” in exports…
NCBA Calls R-CALF Effort an Attack on Beef Checkoff
…against R-CALF, which NCBA says its activists allies are “aligned with the Humane Society of the United States and other anti-agriculture organizations.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farming Groups Call for Swift Farm Bill Passage
The two largest farming groups in the United States called for swift passage of the farm bill by a congressional conference committee. Faced with the lowest farm income in 12…
Global Food Prices Decline
Global food prices declined in July, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The Monthly Food Price Index averaged 168.8 points in July 2018, down 6.5…
Agri View: Rice Outlook Looks Good
…Looks Good You know, you don’t hear so much about rice because it is one of the smallest crops grown in the United States. If you look at other countries,…
Weekly Drought Monitor Update
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday shows a continuation and expansion of prolonged drought in the Midwest and Southwest United States. Drought conditions now extend from Washington State down…
Grains Exports on Track to Set New Record
…U.S. Department of Agriculture and analysis by the U.S. Grains Council. During the first ten months of the marketing year, September 2017 to June 2018, the United States exported 98.3…
Costa on Tariffs Hurting the San Joaquin Valley
…in a united bipartisan message calling on United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to address unfair or unbalanced trade practices “through aligned efforts with our allies across the globe and…