…and an expectation of prices holding at lower levels. Alongside growing domestic supplies, demand from exports and international trade have become more important, but agricultural producers and bankers have expressed…
Agri View: Real Christmas Tree Troubles
…many as 40 major American tree farmers have quit farming trees. As a result, there were shortages of real trees this year. That made the prices for the real trees…
U.S. Crop Prices Forecast to Remain Stable
U.S. grain prices and demand for grain products will likely not change much, if at all. That forecast comes from Dr. Keith Coble, the Agricultural and Economics Department head at…
Farm Bureau Re-elects President Zippy Duvall
…sunset provisions in trade agreements, to give certainty to businesses into the future Modification of NAFTA to improve market access to difficult Canadian dairy markets, in addition to improved food-safety…
Whole Foods Moving Away from Local Products
Whole Foods grocery stores are shifting their focus away from local products to make room for more nationally recognized brands in an effort to reduce prices in the 473 stores…
FDA Announces Enforcement Discretion for FSMA
…food byproducts used as animal food, along with the FSVP requirements for importers of food contact substances will also be receiving a review. These enforcement discretion policies will remain in…
Winter Wheat Growers Holding on Through Cold Snap
…days. Hard red winter wheat growers in Kansas and Oklahoma are already not expecting to have a large crop this year. They’ve been battling lower prices because of a large…
Agri View: Mislabeled Food
You know it is strange, but one of America’s most consumed products is mislabeled. Everett Griner talks about different mislabeled food in today’s Agri View….
Natural Disasters Cost the Ag Industry Over $5 Billion in 2017
…dairy also lost close to $10 million due to lowered prices, dumping milk and heat-stressed cows producing less. Aquaculture was affected by losses totaling $17.5 million. The Florida beef industry…
USDA/NIFA Announces Support for Crop Breeding Research
…varieties. Funding is made through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which seeks to address challenges in food and agricultural sciences through research, extension, and education opportunities. EAGER is established…
Enjoying Your Favorite Pastime Meal
Cathy Isom fills us in about the weeklong annual food holiday everyone is sure to love. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. The entire second week of January,…
Cargill, Hershey, Leave Grocery Manufacturers Association
…join Tyson Foods, Campbell Soup Company and others who have recently left Washington, D.C.’s largest food industry association. Politico reports many of the companies that have left are viewed as…
Organic Milk Sales Lower
…lactose-free. Organic milk prices fell from roughly $40 per hundredweight in 2016 to $27 in 2017. Organic dairy processors are looking for new ways to move the product. Company officials…
Canadian Minister of Agriculture: Trade – NAFTA/Essential to Prosperity
Trade relationships are the foundation for creating economic prosperity between nations, the Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, said at the opening session of the American Farm…