…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…
Beef, Pork Imports in China Growing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture office in China expects the nation will import 950,000 metric tons of beef in 2017, a gain of 19 percent from 2016. The U.S. could…
Applications for 2017 Borlaug Fellowships
Animal Science Professor, Curtis Youngs, with Borlaug Fellow, Tamrat Degafa Geleto from Ethiopia The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2017 Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural…
Florida Citrus Harvest Expected to Decline
Florida citrus growers are expected to harvest 14 percent less product this year compared to last year, but the Department of Agriculture says that is not because of Hurricane Matthew….
NPPC Concerned About Rules On Livestock Contracts
…(PSA) related to meat packers using “unfair, unjustly discriminatory or deceptive practices” and giving “undue or unreasonable preferences or advantages” to producers. While NPPC has yet to see the language…
Outlook for Equipment Manufacturers set to Improve
…mean improved sales volumes and margins for Deere & Company’s fiscal 2017 and 2018, and improved outlooks for other manufacturers. The Wells Fargo data shows Deere and AGCO Corp. outperforming…
Dairy Farmers Dumping Excess Milk
…transfer the raw product for alternative use at current market prices, which have plummeted 36 percent since record prices in 2014. Dairy and meat producers started expanding operations two years…