…mixed fruit and vegetable dishes (39 percent of total) were wasted the most—followed by dairy (17 percent) and meat and mixed-meat dishes (14 percent). Growing fruits and vegetables—signatures of diet…
Agri View: Kentucky Cattle
…was over 94 million head. Both milk and beef production looks like it will remain like 2017. Which isn’t bad, of course. That’s Agri View for today. I’m Everett Griner……
Farm Leaders Visit Opioid Memorial in Show of Unity
…late 2017 demonstrates the opioid crisis’ disproportionate effects on farmers and farmworkers compared to other rural Americans. While just under half of rural Americans say they have been directly impacted…
Farm Credit Administration Releases Quarterly Report
…levels. The outlook for most livestock sectors remains positive although less favorable than 2017. Dairy producers will likely see greater losses in the near term, with higher global production and…
Bayer On Track to Acquire Monsanto
…Monsanto required the companies to garner approval from regulators in 30 countries. The U.S. now joins Brazil, China, and Australia in its recent endorsement of the proposed merger. The European…
Exxon, Chevron Ask EPA for Biofuel Blending Exemptions
…in blending credits earned or purchased in 2017, which are coming due this year. Five Republican senators, including Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst from Iowa, wrote in a joint statement…
Argentina Market Now Open To U.S. Pork
…industry is very dependent on. Last year’s exports, for example, added more than $53 – representing almost 36 percent of the $149 average value of a hog in 2017 –…
Groups React to Farm Bill Proposal
…FMD outbreak in the United States, which would prompt countries to close their markets to U.S. meat exports – thus creating a surplus of meat on the domestic market –…
Peterson Introduces MPP Replacement Program
…farm income from 2017 to 2018, the largest decrease expected for any livestock specialization. Peterson says his bill, creating the new proposed risk management program, address the “shortcomings of MPP”…
AEM: First-Quarter Ag Tractor & Combine Sales Data Released
…five percent for January-March compared to 2017. And, U.S. four-wheel-drive tractor sales gained about five percent for the first quarter, and U.S. sales of self-propelled combines gained four percent for…
Nat DiBuduo Retiring After Decades of Leading AGG
…Throughout his career, DiBuduo has received multiple commendations for his work and leadership in the agricultural industry. In 2016 and 2017 DiBuduo was named as one of the Top 50…
NCBA Files Comments for Regulating Fake Meat
This week the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) submitted official comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) outlining key principles for the regulation of fake meat products. The comments…
Agri View: Cattle Trade
…expert expressed it. “Our beef production expands, and so is that of Argentina, Australia, and Brazil. Those cattlemen will be after the same consumer market that we are.” I think…
USDA to Immediately Assist Producers for Qualifying Livestock, Honeybee and Farm-raised Fish Program Losses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will issue $34 million to help agricultural producers recover from 2017 natural disasters through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-raised Fish Program…