…further delay in the renewal is unwarranted and puts European farmers and the agriculture industry at a disadvantage. The company is urging swift and full renewal of glyphosate by the…
John Deere Tightens Leasing Terms
Deere and Company announced it has tightened conditions for equipment leasing as lower farm incomes are leading farmers to lease rather than purchase equipment. Dow Jones reports that the fall…
View from the Barnyard on the Farm Economy
…examined the growing pressures in rural America from the perspective of their subcommittee. Members heard from a panel of witnesses who highlighted the current conditions farmers and ranchers are facing…
NMPF Chairman: Dairy Farm Safety Net Needs Work
…more farmers would have seen benefits in 2015 and participated at higher levels this year,” he said. Mooney said that the MPP remains a work in progress, and that farmers…
Adama Reports Strong Volume Growth, Increased Profits
…digital tools. The Company achieved good results in Brazil in the quarter, with the insecticide GALIL(®), a differentiated mixture of two active ingredients, seeing strong demand from soybean farmers suffering…
Biomass Incentives Resumed by USDA
…orchard waste. To learn more about BCAP or to enroll in updates, visit www.fsa.usda.gov/bcap or contact your local FSA county office. To find your local county office, visit http://offices.usda.gov/. Agriculture…
Bayer Releases More Info on Monsanto Bid
…integrated agriculture platform with a broad product portfolio. The combined business would benefit from a combined R&D pipeline that would deliver valuable and innovative solutions for farmers, with a focus…
AFBF Supports GMO Study
“The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine have reaffirmed what thousands of other studies have found, and what farmers, scientists and educated consumers have known all along: genetically engineered…
Study Reaffirms GMO Safety
…small-scale farmers in the early years of adoption, enduring and widespread gains will depend on such farmers receiving institutional support, such as access to credit, affordable inputs such as fertilizer,…
Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal
Report Confirms Benefits To U.S. Of TPP Deal A government report on the impact to the U.S. economy of an Asia-Pacific free trade deal confirms what the National Pork Producers…
Agri View: Women Farm Operators
…Age, Race, Ethnicity, and More In 2012, U.S. farmers were older and more diverse than in 2007, the last time the agriculture census was conducted. The total number of farmers…
Sustainable Groundwater Management Plans Approved by CWC
…regulation of California’s groundwater basins as outlined in the historic Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) enacted by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 2014 were approved by the California Water…
Funding for Bioeconomy Research and Development
…and extension programs, supporting the best and brightest scientists and extension personnel, have resulted in user-inspired, groundbreaking discoveries. To learn more about NIFA’s impact on agricultural science, visit www.nifa.usda.gov/impacts, sign…
House Ag Committee Highlights Veteran Farmer Contributions
House Agriculture Committee Highlights Veteran Farmer Contributions to Food Security The House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges for veteran farmers and the contributions they…