…Nonsensical EPA regulations like those addressing Waters of the United States, or impending USDA rules interfering with the efficiency of livestock markets will have a disastrous effect on markets that…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…a federal standard on the labeling of foods made with biotechnology, and the promise of new export markets as a result of the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. Mooney said that…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…of differentiated products in several key markets, such as the cereal and corn herbicide ELEGANT(TM) in Ukraine and the broad-spectrum cereal fungicide KANTIK(®) in Germany. North America: Sales in North…
International Trade Commission Report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership will help the US dairy industry compete in international markets, but serious concerns still remain according to a major dairy organization. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA)…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…and ranchers by improving access to land and capital; building new markets and market opportunities; extending new conservation opportunities. USDA has developed new markets for rural-made products, including more than…
Milk-for-Cheese Pricing Formula Adjustment
…1, 2016. Once dairy product markets improve, this adjustment will provide a needed increase in revenue to producers to promote a stable milk supply. I still believe adjustments to the…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…extension services, and access to profitable local and global markets for the crops. Evidence shows that in locations where insect-resistant crops were planted but resistance-management strategies were not followed, damaging…
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission
USDEC, NMPF Respond to International Trade Commission’s economic impact analysis of Trans-Pacific Partnership Joint statement from Tom Suber, president of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and Jim Mulhern, president and…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…North Carolina, and Iowa, in addition to three existing facilities in New Mexico, Michigan and Florida previously supported. USDA has also worked to strengthen markets for biobased products. Approximately 2,500…
USDA Increases Sugar Quantity, Access
…entered by September 30, 2016. USDA has requested that the U.S. Department of Commerce increase the FY 2016 Export Limit for Mexico by 60,000 STRV, under the provisions of the…
U.S. Beef Hits South Africa
…represented the strongest period for American agricultural exports in the history of our country, with U.S. agricultural product exports totaling $919.6 billion between Fiscal Years 2009 and 2015. In fiscal…
2016 Trends in Agricultural Land & Lease Values
…the End? Gatzman reviews the state’s top commodities and their performance in 2015. She notes that “While late-year volatility in the nut markets had little chance to impact 2015 land…
CDFA Outreach to Seniors
…which provides low-income seniors with check booklets that can be used to purchase fresh fruits, vegetables, cut herb and honey at Certified Farmers’ Markets (CFM). The program is administered nationally…
Benefits of Farmers’ Markets
…That story is coming up on This Land of Ours. Benefits of Farmers’ Markets From: Local Harvest.org Farmers’ Markets Farmers’ markets are one of the oldest forms of direct marketing…