…all forms were up 20 percent year-over-year from September through June to 96.9 million metric tons, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Grains Council says…
MPI Report: U.S. Agricultural Workforce Being Reshaped
…The report, Immigration, and Farm Labor: From Unauthorized to H-2A for Some?, analyzes data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) to sketch the changing conditions…
Farm Economy May Be Starting to Stabilize
The prolonged downturn in the farm economy continued in the second quarter of 2017. However, data from the Kansas City Fed’s Survey on Agricultural Credit Conditions shows the farm economy…
August USDA WASDE Report Released
…the second quarter which will likely impact fourth quarter cattle slaughter. Second quarter broiler production is raised slightly based on June production data, but no change is made to the…
Monsanto Addresses Dicamba Issues in Open Letter
…also deployed scientists from The Climate Corporation to review weather data and how it may have affected applications. Finally, the open letter penned by Monsanto’s Chief Technology Officer Rob Fraley…
Bees Are Buzzing Back from Colony Collapse
New data from the Department of Agriculture shows U.S. honey bee numbers increased in the last year. USDA released its honey bee health survey this week, which found the number…
Farmers Indicate Higher Outlook on Farm Economy
…139, its highest level since January 2017, and its second-highest level since data collection began in October 2015. The increase continues a trend seen over the summer of more optimism…
UF Scientists to Help California, Florida Growers Control Dangerous Avocado Pathogen
…pathogen endangering the state’s $100 million-a-year avocado industry – and they’re trying to find ways to prevent it from spreading. Now, they’re taking their data to California to talk to…
How’s Your Agriculture Labor Availability?
…importance of the data gathered in these types of surveys, noting “the more information we collect, the more information we’re able to aggregate and that becomes very, very helpful when…
Poultry Producers Comment on NAFTA Renegotiation Plans
…important of all U.S. agricultural exports. In the most recent year for which full data is available, the U.S. exported approximately 3.7 million metric tons of chicken products, with a…
Agricultural Chemical Use Survey Results Released
…year, the one-year period beginning after the 2015 harvest and ending after the 2016 harvest. Data are available online for all 28 vegetables through the Quick Stats 2.0 database at…
Trucks Carry Majority of NAFTA Freight
…Broadcasting News Service. from Bureau of Transportation Statistics May 2017 North American Freight Numbers View Table Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data, https://transborder.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/ Download Excel Tables U.S.-NAFTA…
Japan Beef Tariff Increase Highlights Need for Trade Agreement
…and punish both producers and consumers. Japan was the top export market for U.S. beef, valued at $1.5 billion in 2016. According to data compiled by the U.S. Meat Export…
Funding for Research to Improve Livestock and Aquaculture
…and efficiency of animal production in a variety of ways, such as through the creation of genetic databases, enhanced breeding methods, and research on the cellular, molecular, genetic, or whole-animal…