USDA’s latest Farm Income Forecast reveals ag producers are expected to be less profitable in 2016 than the previous year. Farmers This Year…
USDA Buying Eggs to Ease Surplus
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase $11.7 million worth of shell eggs and egg products to ease a surplus as farmers and egg processors try to cope with falling…
Farm Labor Overtime Bill Passes
…who spoke on the floor before the vote. “We know that the report…from USDA that includes quarterly reports, we know that farmers are reporting that the average work week is…
State Seeks Way to Solve ‘A Big Biomass Problem’
…Wood, who introduced Assembly Bill 1923 to assist biomass and biogas facilities, said the governor and Legislature understand the importance of the issue, but the state “has not created a…
USDA Quarterly Export Forecast Shows Higher Numbers
…the resiliency and reliability of U.S. farmers and ranchers in the face of continued challenges. The projected $133 billion in total exports for FY 2017 is up $6 billion from…
Co-ops and Ag Retailers Face Economic Challenges
…retailers across the country have jumped 11 percent this year and will likely go higher as farmers continue to struggle with their cash flow balances. Fertilizers usually account for half…
Agri View: Feral Hog Image
…to farmers they are still the same nuisance they have always been. They still do damage in the millions of dollars. Now we know they carry diseases that can be…
Chicago Tribune Editorial: Pacific Trade good for the Midwest
…Trans-Pacific Partnership would leave farmers in the Midwest vulnerable because trade is a competitive game and market share is always in flux. The editorial calls trade a healthy form of…
Monsanto Pulls GM Cottonseed Application in India
…II Roundup Ready Flex technology. It could also hurt India’s cotton farmers as the new seed variety helps fight against weeds. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Farm, Dairy Groups Praise USDA Surplus Cheese Purchases
…says the announcement will “help alleviate the tough realities of the market and keep family farmers in business.” Farm Bureau and the National Milk Producers Federation had asked USDA to…
Citrus Growers, Packers Discuss Disease Threat
…is one of the strategies already in play. Grower liaisons work with other farmers in their area to synchronize psyllid treatments. That strategy is more effective, speakers said, because psyllids…
Western View: Just What is Ag Big Data
Big Data is a new crop that farmers are growing now, often without even being aware of it. Yet it’s a crop that has value, and farmers need to protect…
Poll Shows Support for TPP
…and U.S. farmers while less than one in 10, or eight percent, oppose. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Read more here from The American Farm Bureau….
Agri View: What is a Farmer?
Everett Griner talks about the concept of the farmer in today’s Agri View. What is a Farmer? You know to most of us the term farmers refers to a men…