…in June, coming in at 90,745 metric tons, 15 percent higher than in 2017. By adding in variety meat, total beef export volume was more than 115,000 metric tons. That’s…
New Record for American Farmland Values
…an overall growth of four percent from 2017. Average U.S. pastureland values have also experienced significant growth over the past 14 years. Values increased by three percent in 2018 to…
Farm Futures Releases Crop Production Survey
…bushels per acre. That would put total harvest at 4.42 billion bushels, 30 million above the 2017 record. The survey puts the corn yield at 175.4 bushels per acre, 1.2…
U.S. Poultry Gains New Market Access in Morocco
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow commercial imports of U.S. poultry meat and products…
USDA Invests $345.5 Million in Rural Electric Infrastructure to Improve Service
…is announcing investments today in rural communities in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin. In April 2017, President…
Fire and Wine: Another Year of Northern California Wildfires
…busiest fire season in almost ten years. There have been 3,770 fires already this year, up from 3,440 fires that the state experienced to this point in 2017. Wineries are…
China Pushes Back Against U.S. Tariffs
…that hits agriculture hardest will be a proposed 25 percent duty on items like meat, wheat, and wine. A Ministry of Commerce statement says, “The implementation date will be subject…
Ethanol Exports on Pace to Shatter Record in 2018
…of total shipments. Exports to Brazil in the first half of 2018 were up 28 percent over the same period in 2017. Canada has been the second-leading export market, with…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Businesses and Assets from Bayer
…agreements in October 2017 and April 2018 to acquire the businesses and assets Bayer offered to divest to allow approval of its acquisition of Monsanto, for an all-cash purchase price…
Environmental Group: Food Companies are Flunking the Planet
…industry to address the environmental impacts of the meat supply chain. The report is called “Flunking the Planet: Scoring America’s Food Companies on Sustainable Meat.” Calling meat one of the…
People are Eating More Chicken
…2018. However, fewer survey respondents are citing health benefits as the reason they choose chicken over other types of meat. I’m Cathy Isom… Read more about National Chicken Council’s Survey….
Farm Groups Appeal to Trump to Address Lab-Grown Meat Substitutes
…differently than conventional meat. The preferred terms given by those surveyed were “lab-grown meat” and “artificial or synthetic meat.” About the Author Brian German Facebook Twitter Ag News Director,…
U.S. Crop Protection Market Sees Sales Increase
A new report shows industry consolidation, investments in precision agriculture, and new product introductions propelled a five percent growth in sales for the crop protection industry in 2017. The Kline…
Agri View: Meat Production Outlook for 2019
…today’s Agri View. Meat Production Outlook for 2019 According to the mid-year outlook on production, we don’t have much to worry about when it comes to meat. Well, not in…