…127 in April, topping its previous high of 125, which was set in December 2015. Crop Price Expectations Weaken On the April survey, producers were queried regarding their expectations for…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
The National Cotton Council (NCC) has scheduled tour dates and locations for the 2017 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program. The P.I.E. program’s goal is helping U.S. cotton producers maximize production…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…crop for sugar production because of recent higher sugar prices. Less of the product is going into the Brazilian ethanol industry. Ethanol imports grew five times larger in the first…
NFU Calls on FTC to Oppose ChemChina Acquisition of Syngenta
…processing, meatpacking and agricultural production.” Johnson pointed to the Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui (now known as WH Group) purchase of Smithfield Foods in 2013. Just two years later, Smithfield’s…
Saving Costs with Cover Crops
A tractor rolls a rye cover crop and plants cotton seeds at the same time. (Photo by Ted Kornecki.) Cotton farmers in Alabama who use cover crops have a new,…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…Malaysia. Deforestation in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay is linked with production of beef and soybeans, while deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia is linked with production of palm oil and…
NCC Extremely Disappointed With Exclusion of Cottonseed Policy From Omnibus
…(R-NJ), and Lowey (D-NY). The cottonseed policy was developed by all of the cotton industry’s segments and production regions over the course of the past two years. A letter from…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
…set the 2017 crop. As farmers evaluate their orchards in advance of the first official government estimate, they say the almond crop looks good, all things considered. The U.S. Department…
ARS Geneticist Edward Buckler Receives First National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
…pioneering the use of large-scale genomic approaches linking genes with the crop’s physical traits. This work is giving plant breeders’ better access to key genes and reducing the time needed…
Farm Bureau Welcomes Decision to Improve NAFTA
…is based on exports. “Expanding opportunities for U.S. crop and livestock producers to access international markets will boost farm income in the United States. Just as important as expansion, we…
Bipartisan Congressional Letter Voices Support for Tackling of Canada’s Protectionist Dairy Practices
…of exports to the U.S. dairy industry, noting that approximately 15 percent of U.S. milk production amounting to roughly $5 billion a year leaves the country. As the letter stated,…
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
…says, “Those stocks are still high relative to historical norms, which will be a factor limiting industry production and expansion.” Turkey supplies were up 16 percent from March of last…
Bill Introduced to Reform Biodiesel Tax Credit
…would ensure that the tax credit would incentivize domestic production and taxpayers wouldn’t be subsidizing imported fuel. Biofuel imports have increased from 510 million gallons in 2014 to approximately one…
2016 California Almond Acreage Report
…reported crop, variety, and acreage information preprinted. Producers were asked to update the information with new plantings, removals, and any other corrections; new growers were mailed a blank questionnaire. Growers…