Included in a budget deal to avert a government shutdown is funding for the Food and Drug Administration for consumer outreach and education regarding agricultural biotechnology. The Washington Post reports…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…cases shipped within the U.S. in 2016 represent a 60% share of the U.S. wine market. U.S. Wine Exports U.S. wine exports, 90 percent from California, reached a record $1.62…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
…noting that it could take 20 to 30 days to put water in fields before they could be seeded. Farmers may also be standing in line for agricultural planes that…
Farm Banks Report Ag Lending Gains in 2016
Farm banks increased their agricultural lending by 5.3 percent in 2016 and held $103.4 billion in ag loans at year’s end, according to the American Bankers Association’s annual Farm Bank…
Secretary Perdue Announces Arrival of First Shipment of U.S. Beef to Brazil
…market reopened to the United States, U.S. beef exports are poised for new growth. I look forward to Brazilians getting the opportunity to eat delicious American beef, because once they…
NMPF, USDEC Organize Dairy Fly-In on Capitol Hill to Build Support for Trade with Canada, Mexico
…Perdue, Acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn and White House agriculture advisor Ray Starling. “Canada’s new Class 7 milk pricing scheme unfairly undercuts U.S. dairy exports to Canada and around…
Organic Wine Study-Price or Taste?
…the case. That’s according to a new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences study, recently published in the journal Food Policy. It shows wine is one product…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…booming pig market in the European Union will put pressure on supplies as prices are rapidly rising. U.S. pork producers are looking for exports to determine prices levels as domestic…
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
…combined the only two providers of precision planting systems. John May, the President of Agricultural Solutions and Chief Information Officer at John Deere, says, “We are deeply disappointed in this…
Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
ABA and Farmer Mac release first biannual survey of agricultural lenders Nearly 90 percent of agricultural lenders have seen an overall decline in farm profitability in the last 12 months,…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…the Ag Economy Barometer increased to 130. The latest result for the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer, which is based on a monthly survey of 400 U.S. agricultural producers, was…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
…San Joaquin Valley on July 17-21; Southwest producers will see agricultural operations in North Carolina and South Carolina on July 31-August 4 and producers from the Southeast and Far West…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…the biggest market for U.S. corn ethanol and American exports have swelled in recent months because of a domestic shortfall in production. Brazilian cane farmers have harvested more of their…
Canada/Mexico Doing NAFTA Renegotiations “Together”
…agricultural export market for the U.S. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Share this Post California Agriculture’s Champions: John Duarte on Leadership, Policy & the Future February…