…commodity prices over the next year. When asked if they thought soybean prices would be higher, lower, or about the same in 12 months, a pessimistic shift was observed compared…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…crop for sugar production because of recent higher sugar prices. Less of the product is going into the Brazilian ethanol industry. Ethanol imports grew five times larger in the first…
New Spending Bill’s Impact on Agriculture
…west and allowed the Farm Service Agency to make more direct and guaranteed loans to farmers who need access to credit when commodity prices are low. From the National Association…
NFU Calls on FTC to Oppose ChemChina Acquisition of Syngenta
…higher prices for their inputs.” Johnson also noted that because ChemChina is owned by the Chinese government, the post-merged ChemChina-Syngenta would have a significant edge over its rivals in accessing…
Saving Costs with Cover Crops
…the fuel and labor costs for each tractor pass. They found that the plots where one tractor pass was made produced higher yields during the three years, producing an average…
International Trade and Deforestation: Potential Policy Effects via a Global Economic Model
…as U.S. agricultural exports outweigh its imports. On the other hand, because the EU has higher tariffs than other countries, the global removal of tariffs reduces the EU’s rate of…
Tight Fuel Ethanol Supplies in Brazil Boost U.S. Exports
U.S. Fuel Ethanol exports are up sharply in the current marketing year, thanks in part to tighter fuel supplies in Brazil, which are resulting in higher U.S. imports. The change…
Almond Growers Check Effects of Rain at Bloom
…the growers who paid a higher price for the bigger colonies got to see the benefit,” Wardell said. The average honeybee colony for almonds is an eight-frame hive. For anything…
Agri View: Avian Flu is Costly and Scary
…poultry industry wiped out 48 million birds. That’s not all. It sent egg prices skyrocketing. It caused other countries to ban the shipment of all U.S. poultry products. Unless the…
Bipartisan Congressional Letter Voices Support for Tackling of Canada’s Protectionist Dairy Practices
…prices by dumping Canada’s surplus on the world market.” “U.S. dairy companies and the workers they employ across rural America compete in global markets on a daily basis. They should…
Farmers Share of the Food Dollar is Still Low
A Farm Journal report says some consumers may still look at grocery store prices and think farmers are making a lot of money off the commodities they produce. A U.S….
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
…year, with the overall number of total frozen poultry supplies two percent higher than a year ago. From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting news service. From: USDA Cold Storage…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…stemmed from the adoption of new technologies and processes that boosted total factor productivity (TFP)? TFP is the ratio of total output to total aggregate inputs and is a more…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…Higher Education in Insular Areas (RIIA) and the Agriculture and Food Sciences Facilities and Equipment (AGFEI) program. “NIFA investments are helping to increase the number and diversity of students who…