…many jobs” for a Trump administration to dismantle the law. U.S. ethanol production has more than doubled since 2007, when the current form of the law was enacted, according to…
Turkey Sector: Background & Statistics
…the poultry industry, see the monthly newsletter Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Production, Consumption, and Trade Value of turkey production: 2012: $5.45 billion 2013: $4.84 billion 2014: $5.30 billion 2015:…
Changes to Improve the Prevented Planting Program
…corn, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, soybeans and wheat for 2017 as part of an effort to ensure that prevented planting factors most accurately reflect the pre-planting input costs of producers….
California Milk Production
California milk producers had a total of 1.77 million milk cows for October that produced 3.30 billion pounds of milk. Milk production is up 4 percent from September, 2016 and…
Farmland Prices May Drop 20 Percent
…bottom next year, but the lower trend likely hangs on through most of 2017 because of record crop production this year. MetLife added lower cash incomes will lead to a…
Agri View: Pollinators
…the production of food. The honeybee is the principal pollinator of blooming plants, but it is not the only one. Any insect that flies, and even some that simply crawl,…
U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions
…to reduce food waste and divert unavoidable by-products of food production from landfills for many years. As part of the Conagra’s recent materiality assessment, we determined that waste, particularly food…
AFBF 2016 Thanksgiving Dinner Price Survey
…pie with whipped cream and beverages of coffee and milk, in quantities sufficient to serve 10 people. Turkey production is up about 8 percent this year, rebounding from the 2015…
National Organic Standards Board Appointments
…groups; an expert in toxicology, ecology, or biochemistry; an organic retailer; and an organic certifying agent representative. The NOSB was established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and…
U.S. Turkey Production
…the poultry industry, see the monthly newsletter Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook. Production, Consumption, and Trade Value of turkey production: 2012: $5.45 billion 2013: $4.84 billion 2014: $5.30 billion 2015:…
Safer, More Effective Pest Management
…$64.5 million since 2014. “NIFA is making investments to ensure America’s agriculture sector is able to rely on sound scientific approaches to increase production and ensure continued food security in…
NIFA Focus on Two New Projects
…youth seeking employment or already employed in agricultural production. “Agricultural safety and access are key to a thriving agricultural community,” said NIFA Director Sonny Ramaswamy. “Through our investments in AgrAbility,…
Cotton Harvesting Behind the “Normal” Pace
The cotton harvest is continuing to be significantly behind the five year average and the pace of last year at this time. Gary Crawford has the story. behind the normal…
Pistachio Crop Blows Past Record Estimates
…size is going to be somewhere between 905 million pounds and 915 million pounds.” Production totals in 2016 will shatter the current record of 551 million pounds set in 2012….