…has arrived in Brazil following a 13-year hiatus. The entrance of American beef into the Brazilian market ushers in promising long-term economic opportunity for U.S. beef producers. “With Brazil’s large…
NMPF, USDEC Organize Dairy Fly-In on Capitol Hill to Build Support for Trade with Canada, Mexico
…repeal of Canada’s controversial new dairy pricing system. During a fly-in rally organized Tuesday and Wednesday by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC),…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…booming pig market in the European Union will put pressure on supplies as prices are rapidly rising. U.S. pork producers are looking for exports to determine prices levels as domestic…
Commerce Department to End Mexican Sugar Dumping
…U.S. refiners. He adds that he won’t ask American sugar beet producers or cane farmers in Louisiana and Florida to do things that aren’t in their long-term best interests. “I’m…
Argentine Lemons Entering U.S. Market Despite Objections
…by the administration’s complete disregard for domestic citrus producers and the impact of this rule to the California fresh lemon industry,” Pidduck said in a news release. The announcement comes…
Finding a Balance for Food Labeling
…needs to find a way to get the consumer as much of the information they want because producers have nothing to hide. “We’re proud producers in the United States. We’re…
Organic Farmers Push for Welfare Standards Implementation
Organic dairy and livestock farmers are pushing for Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to let animal welfare standards formed at the end of the Obama Administration to go into effect. Politico’s…
Agri View: Outlook for 2017
Everett Griner talks about the outlook for 2017 and what needs to happen for producers in today’s Agri View. Well 2013 was the last good year…
Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
…years of experience within the institution. “Like producers, agricultural lenders are aging, and they have valuable experience that will be hard to replace,” said Brittany Kleinpaste, director of economic policy…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…April 2017 survey results indicate that more producers think used machinery prices are low and fewer producers think used machinery values are high. Finally, the April survey featured a new…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
…both the producers they visit on the tours but also from producers from their own region that they travel with during the week. This season, Mid-South producers will visit California’s…
Brazil Looking at Tariffs on U.S. Ethanol Imports
…quarter of the year, totaling a record 720 million liters that were worth $363 million. Most of the increased production landed in Brazil’s northeast ports and ethanol producers from that…
Canada/Mexico Doing NAFTA Renegotiations “Together”
…American corn producers are looking on nervously. The Mexican Ag Secretary recently led a tour of his country’s corn importers to Brazil and Argentina as part of a plan to…
New Spending Bill’s Impact on Agriculture
…rider that would block the USDA from enforcing three rules under its Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration designed to protect chicken producers in contracts with processors didn’t make it…