…call for the slide to continue through 2017 as commodity values remain under significant pressure from abundant supplies in the United States and throughout the world. Retailers are searching for…
Pro Farmer Releases Crop Tour Results
…in Ohio as USDA did with its August survey work. The northwestern portion of the state showed the impacts of too much water in the spring, followed by a dry…
CFTC Approves First Exchange for Hemp Derivatives
Trading hemp derivatives is becoming a reality in the United States. The Wall Street Journal reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved the first exchange for hemp derivatives when it…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pacific Trade good for the Midwest
…competition. The TPP trade agreement represents 40 percent of global gross domestic product and would mean billions of dollars in added exports and farm income for the United States. President…
Comments Reopened on Import of Lemons from Chile
…continental United States provided shipments undergo a methyl bromide treatment to mitigate against infestation by the false red mite, a pest of concern to the United States. The proposed rule…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Raspberry Fruit
APHIS is proposing rule to allow the importation of fresh raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) fruit from Morocco into the continental United States. The proposed rule will be available for review…
APHIS Proposes Import of Fresh Persimmon Fruit
APHIS Proposes to Allow Persimmon from New Zealand to be Imported into the United States The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
…that value so they can harvest the rewards from providing big data. Western View Just what is your farm’s agricultural big data? It’s the accumulation of information of anything affecting…
Delta Habitat Restoration Project Documents Released
…located in the north-western Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, between Liberty Island and Ryer Island in Solano County and bounded by the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel on the west and Miner…
ChemChina / Syngenta Merger
ChemChina and Syngenta receive clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) and Syngenta announced that the companies have received clearance…
U.S. Egg Production up Nine Percent in July
…Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). July Egg Production Up 9 Percent United States egg production totaled 8.50 billion during July 2016, up 9 percent from last year….
Pesticide Resistant Whitefly Poses Threat to U.S. Crops
…(commonly known as biotypes B and Q respectively). After the introduction of MEAM1 into the United States around 1985, unprecedented losses began occurring on poinsettia in the late 1980s in…
John Deere Slowing Tractor, Combine Production
…used equipment levels. Overall, agricultural equipment sales are expected to be down 15 to 20 percent this year in the United States and Canada, according to the company. From the…
U.S. Panel Clears Syngenta Takeover by ChemChina
The U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has given its approval to the ChemChina takeover of Syngenta. Reuters says the decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover…