…farmers and peasants, according to Reuters. The proposal also includes allowing 100 percent foreign ownership of local airlines. However, a similar measure was vetoed just last year. Plans to open…
Report Shows Crop Insurance Saved 21,000 Jobs in 2012 Drought
…started with low beginning stocks and tight U.S. and global supplies. Projected prices rose in anticipation of short supplies. Farmers faced low yields and ended up facing big expenses to…
Agri View: Hard Choices
Everett Griner talks about why farmers are facing hard choices for their upcoming crops in today’s Agri View. Hard Choices You know not everybody stops to think that we would…
NMPF Lauds New House Bill
…branding themselves using dairy-specific terms for the past two decades, according to NMPF. The lack of enforcement of proper dairy terms in the United States market differs from to how…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…agricultural exports. For most timely research into California dairy statistics, please see our dairy pages under Division of Marketing Services. Please see also links in the right hand column for…
Monsanto to Appeal California Glyphosate Ruling
…the California Constitution. Monsanto’s Roundup is sold in 160 countries, and farmers in California use it on 250 types of crops. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Agri View: Feeding America
…of us. Well, more than you think. About 21 and a half million people. Not just farmers now. I’m talking about the food industry. Those in production, processing, distribution, retail…
USDA NASS Conducting Certified Organic Survey
…industry stem from factual information.” Agriculture statistics are frequently used by business and policy decision makers. Farmers and ranchers themselves stand to reap benefits. The 2016 Certified Organic Survey will…
Americans Increasingly Indulge in Dairy Fat
Changing American tastes are leading to greater consumption of products with dairy fat. Dairy Fat…
U.S. Dairy Companies Push Back Against Canada’s Protectionist Policies
…are effectively blocking American dairy imports into the country in violation of international agreements. A group of 17 dairy companies representing dairy farmers and processors from coast to coast asked…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
…Although NPPC had been supportive of the TTIP, it was skeptical that U.S. hog farmers – or any other farmers – would get a good deal out of the agreement…
Trump Trade Action Impact on U.S. Grains
Newly-inaugurated President Donald Trump has already followed through with key campaign promises related to trade policy – moves that have caused concern among grain farmers whose price is being supported…
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…pollinate and set this year’s crop. To do so, farmers and beekeepers are counting on having enough healthy honeybees—about 1.8 million beehives are needed to do the job. Bob Curtis,…
Cattlemen Applaud Death Tax Repeal Legislation
…comes from assets like land, livestock, and the machinery farmers use in production. The death tax often forces families to pay based on the non-liquid value of those assets. Brunner…