…Of this number, significant acreage was harvested in 2017 prior to being pulled out. As a result, harvested acreage removed in 2017 is included in the estimated acreage, but excluded…
Senators Call for National Security Review of Brazilian Acquisition of U.S. Beef Company
…Senators point out that the proposed acquisition follows a 2017 corruption scandal in Brazil’s food safety system that revealed unacceptable safety and quality issues with Brazilian beef intended for the…
RFA: Early Evidence of Ethanol Demand Destruction
…enforce 2016 statutory requirements, Cooper says, “effectively reduced the 2016 and 2017 RFS volumes each by one billion gallons or more.” From the National Association of Farm Broadcasting News Service….
Agri View: Trade Problems with China
…back on meat imports could be a disaster for livestock farmers in America. We will know how it all plays out by the end of this summer. They is plenty…
Food Waste Resonates Beyond the Trash Bin
…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…