…universities to major in an agricultural field. This year’s winners, Grace Guthrie and Derrick Nunes, will each receive $2,500 scholarships to be renewed up to four years, totaling $10,000 per…
New ARS Food and Nutrition Research Briefs Issued
By Kim Kaplan, Agricultural Research Service Research showing a higher dose of vitamin D may benefit pregnant women by reducing inflammation is among the new nutrition and health findings in…
USDA Seeks Local Food Grant Reviewers
Applications for Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program and Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it is seeking reviewers to…
Dairy, Ag Groups Urge President Trump to Raise New Canadian Milk Pricing Scheme Issue in Meeting with Prime Minister Trudeau
…below cost in competition with U.S. dairy exports. The Ontario program has already cost U.S. companies $150 million in exports, thereby harming the American dairy farmers, dairy plant employees and…
South Africa Buys U.S. Sorghum, Open to U.S. Corn
…or mieliepap. While the United States had plenty of corn available for export at a reasonable price, lagging biotech trait approvals limited the amount of possible exports to South Africa….
House, Senate Transportation Committees Planning a Busy Year
…transportation priorities include updating the nation’s waterways transportation system, and ensuring viable road and rail transport of agricultural commodities and inputs. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…export customers have changed with a significant reduction in exports to China. However, reduced exports to China have been partially offset by increased U.S. exports to Vietnam. For 2016, the…
February WASDE Report Released This Week
…use projections are unchanged from last month, leaving ending stocks at 420 million bushels. Global oilseed estimates include lower production and ending stocks. U.S. wheat exports are expected to rise…
Almond Board: Pollination
As almond growers are getting ready for pollination, Director of Agricultural Affairs for the Almond Board of California, Bob Curtis, says at the field level, best management practices are critical….
Slump in Farmland Values Continues
…in the first quarter of 2017. Farmland Values and Cash Rents Farmland values continued to wane in the fourth quarter, according to the Tenth District Survey of Agricultural Credit Conditions….
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…is a partner in the process. “The Farm Bureau has been very, very helpful. They’ve been at all of the meetings and are bringing all of the agricultural interests to…
USGC, RFA, Growth Energy Urge Administration to Address China Trade Tariffs on Ethanol, DDGs
…DDGS exports. By the end of 2016, China had become the U.S. ethanol industry’s third-largest export market, receiving nearly 20 percent of total exports. Nearly 200 million gallons of ethanol…
Strong Finish for 2016 Red Meat Exports: New Volume Record for Pork
…trend Although U.S. lamb exports were down in 2016, this was largely due to a sharp decline in variety meat exports. While total exports fell 11 percent in volume (8,248…
National Dairy Promotion and Research Board Members Appointed
…Appointees were selected from nominations submitted by eligible producer organizations, general farm organizations and qualified dairy products promotion, research or nutrition education programs. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) monitors the…