…represents another development that triggers higher labor costs, and will likely accelerate a trend toward agricultural mechanization. “We are going to see more cultivation that lends itself to mechanization, like…
Canada Producers Share Agribusiness Merger Fears
…Crop Inputs Largest Crop Nutrient Company in the World and 3rd Largest Natural Resource Company in Canada Preeminent, Low-Cost Producer of Potash and High-Quality Nitrogen and Phosphate Integrated with Leading…
Farm Groups Cautious of Merger Trend
…seed and agrochemical companies,” Johnson told members of the committee. “These mergers will surely result in less competition, less innovation and higher prices, jeopardizing family farmers’ and ranchers’ ability to…
NCGA CEO Testifies at Senate Hearing
…a vested interest in ensuring a competitive marketplace for crop production inputs. “We do want to preserve market competition, but that doesn’t mean preserving the status quo. Just as farmers…
Egypt Ergot Restrictions Dampening Already Sour Wheat Trade
Global wheat prices are suffering from complicated quarantine rules by Egypt regarding the fungus ergot, effectively taking the world’s largest wheat importer out of the trade market. Facing decade -lows,…
Bayer-Monsanto Deal Could Offset European Regulations on Ag Biotech
…crop science division says overregulation is the “single biggest challenge” in the EU for crop protection companies. The regulatory environment and current crop prices helped to kick start consolidation efforts…
Retail Dairy Prices Rose in August, but Still Lower than Last Year
Annemarie Kuhns, USDA food price economist, giving the Consumer Price Index information for dairy prices. lower-than-last-year…
National Farm Safety Week
…the few industries in which family members often times work where they live. This puts them at much higher risk for fatal and non-fatal injuries in the workplace, compared to…
Talk of a 2017 Farm Bill?
…state lawmakers are hoping the safety net programs in the 2014 farm bill can help carry producers through low prices, soaring production domestically and abroad, and weak global demand. Politico’s…
Soybean Planting in Brazil Arrives with Concerns
…as the USDA now forecasts a rise of 600,000 hectares. The USDA downgraded the forecast because even though soybean prices are higher in Brazil than last year, they’re not as…
Farm Equipment Sales Mixed in 2016
…percent higher on the year-to-date. August four-wheel drive tractor sales declined 48 percent year over year, and combine sales declined 22 percent for August. “Growth in the under-40 horsepower segment…
Demand for Hay Depends on Level of its Quality
…hay is in recent years, with robust demand from overseas markets and higher prices, farmers shifted to growing less-dormant varieties that produce more tonnage but don’t necessarily result in higher…
Beef Checkoff Education Webpage
…Guides, and lesson plans. However, the material can be “amped up” to higher grades. Tesch said the Foundation is hoping to work with more commodity groups in a similar fashion…
Beef Production Up Five Percent in 2016.
…weigh on market prices. The good news is beef exports continue to improve, with July exports up eight percent, and Sterling Marketing is forecasting an eight percent gain on the…