…fly-in. Pork producers this week were there to talk trade, the farm bill and labor issues with lawmakers, according to the Hagstrom Report. NPPC also seeks “proper regulatory authority for…
Farm, Ethanol Groups Urge President to Restore Integrity to RFS, Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
…EPA have reduced ethanol demand and inflated stocks. “The situation is even more dire in the grain markets, where prices received by farmers are sagging below the cost of production….
University Analysis: EPA’s Refiner Waivers Could Cost Ethanol Industry $20 Billion in Losses
A recent analysis by economists at the University of Missouri’s Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) shows that the U.S. ethanol industry could lose 4.6 billion gallons of domestic…
ASTA Requests Exemptions for Seeds on Proposed Chinese Tariffs List
…And the resulting cost will ultimately be felt by American farmers and consumers.” The movement of seed globally for research, development and multiplication is critical for the ultimate commercialization of…
Water Works: Using Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Alfalfa Production
…water, which often times you can’t do with other systems,” Putnam noted. The use of subsurface irrigation is not without its own set of challenges, however. The cost of subsurface…
The only thing a $15.00 an hour wage has done is made everything in automation that more affordable.
Jeff Klein, Jack Klein Partnership
Agri View: Artificial Milk Catching On
…change a lot of things. It cost $6.00 per carton. You don’t have to refrigerate until it is opened. Wow…I can’t wait. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Mitigating Wildfire Risk with Livestock Grazing
…ideal conditions for large-scale and costly fires, with alternating periods of drought and significant rainfall. A decrease in timber harvesting and available grazing lands have also contributed to the ferocity…
ASTA Outlines Priorities for Final Farm Bill
…of the Farm Bill (H.R. 2) that would limit the cost share for seed in the Conservation Reserve Program to 25-percent. In order to promote transparency in conservation seed mix…
Administration on E15: “Let’s Get it Done”
…question remains though, at what cost would E15 sales come under the give-and-take operating nature of the Trump administration, more so with the controversial actions around the Renewable Fuel Standard….
The Western View: CRB Study in Ag Financial Issues
Every business person in California is painfully aware of the cost of doing business in such a highly regulated state, and the appearance that some state agencies have a strong…
R-CALF Looking for COOL in NAFTA
…cattle.” The organization says trade agreements, like NAFTA, allow unlimited numbers of tariff-free cattle from countries like Mexico, where cattle are overproduced at a significantly lower cost, and displace opportunities…
Agri View: Boll Weevil Battle Nearly Over
…the costliest crops too. What cost so much was fighting the Boll Weevil. That has changed now. All cotton regions, except the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, has been…
Producers Welcome Help But Want End To Trade Disputes
…bank. Prohibit states from regulating agricultural production practices outside their borders. Reform the visa system to address an agricultural labor shortage. Give USDA oversight of lab-produced cultured protein and gene…