Agricultural Co-ops top the nation’s list of largest cooperatives. The National Cooperative Bank this week released its annual NCB Co-op 100, listing the nation’s top 100 revenue-earning cooperative businesses. The…
Crops of the Future Collaborative Funds Downy Mildew Research at UC Davis
…of the Future Collaborative investment. Matching funds are provided by a group of multi-national collaborators looking to address issues in agricultural production. “In this case, we have a consortium that’s…
Federal Reserve: Farm Loan Volume Increasing
Large operating loans made by large agricultural banks led to a significant increase in farm lending in the third quarter of 2018, according to the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank….
New Record Set for California Table Grape Shipments
…grape shipments were only mildly affected by recent tariffs, with USDA data indicating that exports were only down approximately eight percent through August. Shipments were being sent to all of…
Benefits of FARMER Program Highlighted at Fresno Event
…a celebration of the $108 million that was awarded through the Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions (FARMER) program. “We’re officially retiring old tractors that are Tier 0, or…
USDA Announces Receipt of 136 Expressions of Interest in Hosting ERS & NIFA
…Secretary. Perdue previously announced other significant reorganizations at USDA. In May 2017, USDA created the first-ever Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and reconstituted and renamed the new Farm…
Beagle Brigade Helping Protect Homeland Pork
…known as the Beagle Brigade, to search for prohibited agricultural products at major U.S. ports of entry (airports and land border crossings), mail and cargo facilities. The teams detect prohibited…
USDA Announces Pink Bollworm Eradication Significantly Saving Cotton Farmers in Yearly Control Costs
…of pink bollworm took years of committed research by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and included planting transgenic cotton, using insect pheromones to disrupt mating, releasing sterile insects to prevent…
Trade News Has Pork Producers Feeling Optimistic
…the U.S. pork industry’s zero-tariff access to those important markets, three of the top five destinations for U.S. pork exports. “We’ve got the momentum on trade headed in the right…
U.S. Agricultural Export Opportunities in South Korea
…States’ sixth largest market for agricultural exports in 2017, with the U.S. agricultural trade surplus increasing by 12 percent from 2016 to $6.3 billion in 2017. Top U.S. agricultural exports…
Pork Producers Encouraged by Trade Announcement
…the top five destinations for U.S. pork exports. However, NPPC notes, that while the organization is open to trade negotiations with the United Kingdom, it is skeptical about EU intentions….
Trade Market Landscape for California Rice Remains Turbulent
…a three percent decline in overall rice exports. “We are still seeing some exports to the EU despite the additional 25 percent tariff, but they’ve slowed way down,” Crutchfield noted….
California is a National Leader in Agricultural Conservation Investment
Texas is the only other state to have spent more on conservation investment through USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for the fiscal year 2018. California spent more than $100…
U.S. Now has 6.5 Million Acres of Organic Certified Land
…organic farmland statistics because the Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will not be issuing data on organic acreage for 2018. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….