…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…
January Dairy Market Report
…lower throughout 2016. In addition, the use of nonfat dry milk and skim milk powder continues to drop steadily as exports recover and pull more skim solids away from the…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…five years from now than they face today (Figure 6). Figure 6. Producers’ expectations of agricultural regulations in five years. Ag Thought Leaders On a quarterly basis, 100 agricultural thought…
Agriculture Groups Stress Importance of Trade
More than 80 agriculture groups signed off on a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday, calling on the administration to reduce and eliminate tariffs and other restrictive agricultural policies in…
Ethanol Exports Reached Record-High 1.01 Billion Gallons in 2016
…the leading ethanol export product, accounting for 51 percent of total exports in 2016; and Exports to South America and East Asia had explosive growth in 2016, increasing 118 percent…
Trump Urged To Start Trade Talks With Japan
…to TPP countries would grow by $387 million, with most of the exports going to Japan. Nearly 9,000 U.S. jobs would be generated by increased exports of livestock products, according…
Scientists Give Old Elm Tree a High-Tech Helping Hand
By Jan Suszkiw, USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) USDA-ARS scientists will try to “cryopreserve” the twigs of this old historical elm in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to safegaurd the tree’s…