Meat companies in Brazil lost the U.S. equivalent of $1.52 billion after the nation’s federal police announced an investigation into a tainted meat scandal. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports an…
U.S. Milk Exports to Mexico at Risk
…two months of 2017, Mexico increased its imports of skim milk powder from the European Union by 122 percent over last year. Mexico has also been exploring talks with dairy…
USDA Seeks Nominees for American Egg Board
…Research and Promotion Program. An egg producer must be nominated by a USDA-certified organization and submit a completed application. Deadline for nominations is July 14, 2017. For more information on…
National FFA Organization Awards More Than $2.7 Million in Scholarships
…by July 1, 2017, should email scholarships@ffa.org. Information for the 2018 scholarship program will be available on FFA.org Nov. 15, 2017. The National FFA Organization provides leadership, personal growth and…
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
…Report March 2017 Highlights Total natural cheese stocks in refrigerated warehouses on March 31, 2017 were up 3 percent from the previous month and up 8 percent from March 31,…
Bill Introduced to Reform Biodiesel Tax Credit
…and extend the new policy for three years. Grassley and Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell are the chief authors of the American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017. The…
Possible Changes in Cotton and Dairy Policies Ahead
House Ag Committee Ranking Member Collin Peterson tells Politico’s Morning Agriculture Report that he’s optimistic that the fiscal 2017 government spending package will include changes to the cotton and dairy…
2016 California Almond Acreage Report
…300,000 acres were non-bearing. Preliminary bearing acreage for 2017 was estimated at 1,000,000 acres. Nonpareil continued to be the leading variety, followed by Monterey, Butte, Carmel, and Padre. Kern, Fresno,…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…economy in the early 1990s but has rebounded strongly since the late 1990s. The production increase contributed to Russia reducing its large imports of meat and other livestock products and…
USDA Seeks Nominees for Christmas Tree Promotion Board
…2017. The 12-member board is composed of 11 producer members from three regions and one importer. Five producer members are from the Western region, four are from the Eastern region…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…The deadline for applications is June 14, 2017. Applications may only be submitted by eligible institutions. See the request for applications for details. Among previously funded projects, the University of…
USDA to Study Antibiotics Use in Pork operations
The Department of Agriculture will begin a four-month study in May on how antimicrobials are used in U.S. swine operations. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports the agency’s National Animal Health…
Rural Economy Index Lower Again
…lending practices stemming from the downturn in the farm economy. * For 2017, bank CEOs expect approximate cash expenses to exceed cash revenues for 17.1 percent of grain farmers, down…
Agri View: Pork Exports to China
…from the Chinese government. In one respect, it is a bonus for the American farmers. It may sound strange to us but the Chinese preference for meat is pork. Did…