…2016, down 10 percent from 2015’s record-high but still the second-highest on record, according to a 10-page summary of 2016 ethanol co-product trade data published today by the Renewable Fuels…
“We Believe in Growing” Scholarship Winners Announced
World Ag Expo and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up again to provide the “We Believe in Growing” scholarship, which supports local high school students who will be attending four-year…
NCC Releases Economic Outlook
…NCC estimates U.S. exports at 12.8 million bales, up 39.3 percent from 2015. If the current pace of sales and shipments is maintained, the strong demand for high quality cotton…
Planners Report on Implementing Groundwater Law
…as medium or high priority. At the California Irrigation Institute annual meeting in Sacramento, panelists described how SGMA implementation is shaping up in various parts of the state. Tim O’Halloran,…
Almond Matters: Bloom Imminent, Disease Concerns Rise
…seen in a few years. “This past week we have seen a little more rainy conditions and a little cooler temperatures but it looks like we could see the earliest…
Winter Pruning Roses
…by the colder winter temperatures. And if the winter was particularly rough on your roses, it’s also a good time to get out there and cut off the dead or…
Strong Finish for 2016 Red Meat Exports: New Volume Record for Pork
…a record 2.31 million metric tons (mt) in 2016, up 8 percent year-over-year and 2 percent above the previous high in 2012. Export value increased 7 percent from a year…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
Highlights From the February 2017 Farm Income Forecast Farm sector profitability measures are mixed for 2017. A narrow cash-based measure, net cash farm income, is forecast to rise by $1.6…
U.S. Trends in Food Availability
…below the Guidelines’ recommendations for certain food groups. On average, Americans consume too many foods that are high in added fats and oils, added sugar and sweeteners, and grains; and…
January Dairy Market Report
…U.S. milk prices as 2016 drew to a close. The all-milk price hit a high for the first 11 months of the year in November, while the Margin Protection Program…
Agriculture Groups Stress Importance of Trade
…the Asia-Pacific region. By doing so, the agriculture groups say the move would allow American workers to supply Asian markets with high-quality food and agricultural goods. President Trump has signed…
Ethanol Exports Reached Record-High 1.01 Billion Gallons in 2016
…valued at $2.02 billion in 2016, up 13 percent from 2015 and the third-highest on record; For the first time, undenatured ethanol for fuel use overtook denatured fuel ethanol as…
Scientists Give Old Elm Tree a High-Tech Helping Hand
…Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers will take a high-tech approach to ensuring the genetic heritage of that tree—the town’s oldest resident. Under an agreement with the New Jersey Department of…
Insider Shares Political Realities at Record-Breaking Cattle Industry Convention
…vision for the organization and the industry. High Fidelity, a Nashville a capella singing quartet sponsored at the session by Norbrook, Inc., sang patriotic songs to open and close the…