…it cheaper to import the product from Australia rather than purchase it from the main wheat-growing areas in their own country. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
El Nino May Yet Show Up in 2017
…Institute and the U.S. Climate Prediction Center say El Nino is the more favored weather scenario over neutral or La Nina Conditions. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news…
Farm Credit System Able To Weather Economic Downturn
…House Appropriations Agriculture Subcommittee this week. The Farm Credit Administration oversees the banks in the farm credit system. Lawmakers were looking for some assurances that the farm economy isn’t headed…
White House Says No Changes to RFS
…with several White House sources and said yesterday, “There’s no reason to believe such an executive order is pending or imminent.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Farm City Newsday Podcast for March 01
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Reflections of a Farm Broadcaster
Wenger California Farm Bureau Leaders and Young Farmers & Ranchers Make Strong Impression By Gary Cooper, founder and president, AgNet Media, Inc. Hats off to California Farm Bureau (CFB) President…
Feed Industry Welcomes New Secretary of Commerce
…the U.S. feed industry are represented and taken into consideration in broader administrative trade policy strategies led by the Commerce Department. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
Farm Sector Working Capital to Decrease in 2017
Farm financial liquidity describes how easily members of the farm sector can convert assets to cash in order to meet short term debt obligations. One measure of liquidity is working…
Potential Deal to Change the Renewable Fuels Standard
…access to E-15 would “greatly expand market opportunities for ethanol, and I think that’s a darn good thing for our industry.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….
January Agriculture Prices Report
…Up 1.9 Percent The January Prices Paid Index for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW), at 106.5, is up 1.9 percent from December 2016 but is…
FCFB: No Water Announcement Is ‘Completely Unacceptable’
Fresno County Farm Bureau (FCFB) issues statement on water supply for county’s federal water contractors Statement by CEO Ryan Jacobsen: “Mother Nature has provided a bountiful precipitation season-one that will…
Farm City Newsday Podcast for February 28
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Trump Ends WOTUS, Ag Supports Move
…land grab, aimed at telling farmers and ranchers how to run their businesses. The Environmental Protection Agency failed to listen to farmers’ and ranchers’ concerns when drafting the rule and…
New Research Challenges 2050 Agricultural Production Needs
…targets for both food and environmental impacts to “clarify the scope of the challenges” agriculture will face in the coming decades. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service….