…A Rabobank analyst told Reuters that “it looks like it’s accelerating,” and creating the expectation that farmers will start selling off pigs before they are forced to cull animals if…
Agri View: Artificial Milk Catching On
…behind the farm product is not what flavor you choose. It is what it will do for the peanut industry and the farmers who grow them. It will change a…
Ag Economy Barometer improves in August
…Finally, the percentage of farmers that feel trade conflicts will reduce their farm’s net income, 71 percent, was virtually unchanged in August from July. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting…
Bison Association Launches Petition to Stop Buffalo Labeling
…bison as buffalo for more than three centuries. The association plans to meet with the two agencies to push for “immediate action.” Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 09-05-18
Get the latest agriculture news in today’s Farm City Newsday, hosted by Danielle Leal….
U.S. Wheat Restructuring Efforts Close Moscow Office
…to refocus resources toward markets with the best potential to grow U.S. wheat exports and returns for the farmers the organization represents. Based in part on the significant increase in…
Agri View: Catfish Hybrid Catching On
Everett Griner talks about catfish farming and the hybrid catfish in today’s Agri View. Everett questions why people continue to buy imported catfish. Catfish Hybrid Catching On Catfish farming is…
2018 CA Agricultural Leadership Class Selected
…Steven Dodge, Acuity Agriculture, San Francisco Miranda Driver, CalAgJobs, Woodland Lesa Eidman, Superior Farms, Sacramento Kate Elmore, Vail Ranches LLC, Brawley James Ewart, Delicato Family Vineyards, King City Brittany Fagundes,…
Trump Threatens to Add $200 Billion in More Tariffs
…be the biggest number imposed to date and mark a major escalation in the trade war between the worlds’ two biggest economies. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Lawsuit Filed Over Oil Refinery Waivers
…the knowledge of stakeholders, and left billions of gallons of ethanol out of the nation’s fuel supply. The ethanol industry, farm groups, and others are suing the EPA separately for…
Agriculture Trade Surplus to Shrink
Agriculture is consistently one of the few areas of the American economy that sells more overseas than it buys. However, Farm Journal’s Ag Web Dot Com says that’s going to…
NAFTA Partners Say Trilateral Agreement a Must
…difficult issues, like dairy market access, in an attempt to get Canada involved in the “handshake agreement” between the U.S. and Mexico. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
USDA Launches Trade Mitigation Programs
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue launched the trade mitigation package aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. Producers of certain commodities…
China Suspends Hog Transportation Due to Swine Fever
…to control their media there,” Perdue says. The most recent outbreak affected 185 pigs on a farm in an eastern Chinese province. Source: National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….