Net Exports of Total Red Meat and Poultry To Increase in 2016 and 2017 USDA forecasts for net exports (exports minus imports) of red meat and poultry in 2016 and…
Rabobank Says Pork Export Pace is Slowing
…Report. A Rabobank analyst expects the global pork trade to stabilize while all of the main pork producing countries are still in expansion mode. That means prospects for 2017 are…
Informa Expects More Soybeans In 2017
Informa Economics is predicting that soybeans will take away a significant number of acres from corn and wheat during the 2017 planting season. They project the number of acres planted…
Agri View: Controlling Diseases
…meat products. Let me take you back to 2010. Over half of the world population lived in cities then. Over twenty billion animals were raised for food. The UK had…
Funding for Organic Agriculture Research, Education-Extension Projects
…agriculture. Applications are due by Jan. 19, 2017. See the OREI request for applications for details. Examples of previously funded projects include a planning grant to South Dakota State University…
CDFA Committee/Board Vacancies
…and will expire on September 30, 2017. Applicants should have an interest in agriculture and citrus pest and disease prevention. Individuals interested in being considered for a committee appointment should…
China Takes Steps to Increase Demand for Domestic Corn
…old-crop reserve corn at those auctions this year. The Center says it will consider additional corn stockpile sales in May of 2017. Pro Farmer reports that speculation is also on…
Renewable Fuel Standard Sent to OMB for Review
The final 2017 Renewable Fuel Standard is now under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The White House review is expected to be completed within the…
Agri View: Coyote Control
…will eat just about anything that is meat, fruit or vegetable. The problem is they are almost unmanageable. They cannot be tamed. It is bad enough on the Western Plains,…
NCGA: Scholarship Opportunities to Young Farmers
…during the 2017-18 school year. Applicants for the NCGA William C. Berg Academic Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship Program must be entering at least their second undergraduate year or any year…
U.S – Mexico Establish Committee to Support Organic Trade Partnership
…2017. To maintain market access for U.S. organic products and to strengthen our trade partnership with Mexico, the United States and Mexico are working toward achieving equivalency in organic production…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…200 meat-pounds per acre in the grind treatment versus the control, where we pushed and burned the trees. We think the economics of this process will pencil out.” Kevin Hecteman…
Dannon Responds to Ag Attack
…evolve the remaining brands over time. – To ensure full transparency for consumers, Dannon also commits to declare by December 2017 nationwide on label the presence of GMO ingredients in…
Strong Push on TPP in Lame-Duck
…almost 40 percent of global GDP—is where the future growth markets will be for U.S. soybean farmers, processors and exporters, as well as domestic meat and poultry producers, which are…