…of crop protection products between Syngenta and an Israeli company also controlled by ChemChina. Dow Chemical and DuPont Company also went before regulators this week to plead their case for…
2017 Crop Price Outlook Still Below Average
The U.S. grain price outlook and crop demand won’t see a lot of major changes in the coming year. That prediction comes from Dr. Pat Westhoff, Director of the Food…
Pig Farmers Complying with New VFD Requirements
…National Pork Board’s annual November survey was designed to take the pulse of U.S. pork production. The survey showed that for the seventh consecutive year, pork producer support for the…
California Cherries Hope to Snap Bad Streak
…cherries. Late spring rains hurt the crop last year, dropping the the state total to 60,000 tons. California Cherry Board Executive Chris Zanobini said 2016 was actually the best year…
November Pork Exports Set Record
…production. November exports accounted for 28 percent of total production and 23 percent of muscle cuts, a substantial jump from last year. November was also a good month for beef…
Agri View: Cellular Agriculture
…of seeds and plants after another that have kept agriculture production on the rise. But many scientist feel that we have nearly reached our capacity in that realm. In other…
Food Safety Rules Challenge Farmers on Several Fronts
…they said, ‘We didn’t know about that,’” he said. “The complexity of how water gets to a crop is kind of blowing their minds, but they should have known all…
Farmers Urge Their Peers to Define ‘Sustainability’ for Themselves
…experts told participants at the 2017 American Farm Bureau Federation’s Annual Convention & IDEAg Trade Show. Row crop farmer Katie Heger encouraged farmers and ranchers not to shy away from…
Syngenta Calls Palmer Amaranth No. 1 Weed to Watch For
…that integrates a portfolio of herbicides together with complementary practices like crop rotation. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. Image courtesy of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources…
Smithfield Cutting Back on Gestation Crates
…growers to support their conversion process. Smithfield’s hog production operations in Poland (AgriPlus) and Romania (Smithfield Ferme) fully converted to group housing facilities on company-owned farms several years ago. Smithfield’s…
Trump Ag Adviser Wants Mergers Blocked
…behind the deals is a clear one: “To increase prices and production costs for producers.” He says the federal government’s long and costly approval process for new biotech products and…
Farm Bureau President to Congress: Slash Regulations, Reform Immigration/Ag Labor
…using modern technologies, today’s farmers grow more crops on the same amount of land, using less plowing and pesticides, feeding more people. By developing more uses for our crops, like…
Farm Bureau Women Focusing on Leadership in 2017
…leaders, according to national Women’s Leadership Committee Chair Sherry Saylor, an Arizona crop farmer. Saylor encouraged Farm Bureau women to engage and connect more with consumers in the coming year….
Farm Groups Touting Benefits of Agricultural Trade
…trade balance in agriculture, and don’t want to see those hard-earned export markets eroded.” Mulhern said the U.S. dairy sector exports 14 percent of its milk production, “which last year…