…“Through the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures for food eaten at home and away from home, on average. Since then, that figure has decreased steadily…
Farm Safety on a Budget
…It’s a critical period for a farmer’s bottom line. The University of Minnesota says it’s an important for farmers to be safe during the scramble of harvest. Michael Cruse is…
The Western View: Weather, Rain or Drought Ahead
…a farmer turns to the weather. California summers are wonderfully predictable – one hot day after another, for most of us – with dry weather pretty much guaranteed through September….
Ag Exports Groups Urge Passage of the CREAATE Act
…the Agribusiness Coalition for Foreign Market Development say the Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports, or CREAATE Act, would boost trade’s impact on U.S. farmer profitability and…
Apply for Value-Added Producer Grant Program
…farmers and ranchers or socially-disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Applicants may also receive priority if they are small or medium-sized operations structured as a family farm, a farmer or rancher cooperative,…
American Biofuels Producers Demand U.S. Government Respond to Brazilian Tariff
…to the American corn farmer. Brazil’s actions undermine the zero-ethanol tariff arrangement between our two countries that has been in place for several years and that damage the potential cooperation…
KORUS Withdraw Would Harm Pork Producers
…the action over the weekend, but the administration has backed away from those claims this week. National Hog Farmer magazine reports that if KORUS is terminated, the United States likely…
Farmer Optimism Waning
Another poll released this week shows optimism is decreasing in farm country. DTN-The Progressive Farmers released its August Agricultural Confidence Index this week. The survey finds that while farmers are…
Lower Commodity Prices Dragging Farm Optimism
…farmer expectations regarding future economic conditions. Still, approximately six out of 10 respondents indicated that grain-marketing opportunities over the last six months were likely better than the opportunities that will…
USDA to Measure Small Grains Production in California and U.S.
…estimates at the county level. Messer added, “Farm programs, vital to farmers in good times and bad, rely on NASS estimates based on information that comes directly from the farmer….
National Food Bank Day
Cathy Isom gives you all the good reasons why you’ll want to reach out to a local farmer or gardener for a little help today. That’s coming up on This…
Goodyear Using Soybean Oil-Based Rubber in Tires
…group of farmer-directors who oversee the investments of a checkoff program on behalf of all U.S. soybean farmers. The USB provided some funding support for the development of Goodyear’s soybean…
Agri View: Trade Policies
…travel with Cuba, he lost a lot of farmer confidence. To feed its people, Cuba has to import 2 billion dollars’ worth of food annually. Farmers, especially farmers in the…
One of Summer’s Favorite Fruits – Watermelon
…Vitamin A, C, and lycopene. While browsing at your local farmer’s market, roadside stand, or in the produce aisle Laura Popielski with the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service says the best…