Politico says news outlets around the country are picking up on USDA data that shows how turkey prices have dropped sharply in recent years. Experts say the reason behind the…
Agriculture Among NAFTA Topics on Final Day
…to U.S. proposals. Instead, they’re using closed-door meetings to challenge American proposals with data and to ask for explanations of why the U.S. feels the need for certain things to…
U.S. Chamber Says NAFTA Withdrawal Will Hurt States
…The Chamber analysts looked at data from the American Enterprise Institute and Center for Automotive Research. As an example, the Chamber says withdrawal from NAFTA would impact approximately 366,000 Michigan…
Perdue: U.S. Farm Exports Hit 3rd Highest Level on Record
…agreements, enforcing existing agreements, and breaking down barriers to trade. Complete FY 2017 (Oct. 2016-Sept. 2017) agricultural export data are available from the Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) database: https://apps.fas.usda.gov/gats/….
Slight Majority of Americans Favor NAFTA
…agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture data points out that since NAFTA’s implementation in 1994, U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico have more than quadrupled. From the National Association of…
Farm Bureau Survey Reveals Lowest Thanksgiving Dinner Cost in Five Years
…$50 to $75. The AFBF Thanksgiving dinner survey was first conducted in 1986. While Farm Bureau does not make any scientific claims about the data, it is an informal gauge…
New Pesticide Regulations Begin January 1
…the new restrictions when the proposal was open for public comment. President and CEO Roger Isom stated “the fact is, it’s not justified. The data that they put out there…
PBW Program Highlights Pest Pressure in Cotton
…of Silverleaf Whitefly (SLWF) among other pests. The information released includes all the samples collected during the 2017 cotton growing season. Data that was comprised comes from samples from PBW…
Wildfire Assessment Study Underway for North Coast Wine Industry
…the data consists of economists, regional association executives, scientists and industry leaders. From the information gathered Comfort noted they “hope to put together plans for short, moderate, and long-term recovery…
USDA to Measure Final 2017 Row Crop Production and Grain Stocks with Two End-of-Year Surveys
…or producer can be identified. These and all NASS data are available online at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications and the searchable Quick Stats database. Watch a video on how NASS data are used….
USDA Invests in Integrated Pest Management for Increased Production
…laboratory data on the safety of 1,000 pesticides for use on specialty crops and provided the data to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for use in the approval process. These…
USDA Chief Scientist Responds to WHO Antibiotic Recommendations
…adds, “USDA agrees that we need more data to assess progress on antimicrobial use and resistance, and we need to continue to develop alternative therapies for the prevention, treatment, and…
NIFA to Invest in Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research
…evaluate science-based data relevant to environmental risk assessments or risk management related to biotechnology-developed organisms. “It is important that we base policy decisions around evidence-based, high-quality science that analyzes the…
Producers More Optimistic in October Survey
…data collection began two years ago (Figure 1). Although stronger than a month earlier, the Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer remained within the trading range it has been in since…