Brazil is considering removing a 20-percent tariff on ethanol imports from the United States. An agriculture official from Brazil said Wednesday the decision could depend on the U.S. lifting a…
South Korean Market Demands American Beef in Record Numbers
The United States became the largest supplier of beef to the South Korean market in 2017 after many years of Australia holding that position. The demand for quality beef makes…
United States Food Sustainability Ranking
…United States dollars and jail time. The low ranking for the United States is mainly due to our overconsumption of meat, sugar, and saturated fats. It also scored lower than…
USDA Sending Extra Financial Help to Farmers in Seven States
…move comes after the USDA reevaluated the program using a different method of determining county yields. Politico says the re-evaluation was directed by a provision in the fiscal 2017 government…
Agri View: FFA Strong Leadership
…2017-18 National FFA Officer Team Elected at 90th National FFA Convention & Expo National FFA President: Breanna Holbert, California National FFA Secretary: Erica Baier, Iowa National FFA Central Region Vice…
Latest WASDE Report from USDA
…in the NASS Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings report. Wheat feed and residual use for 2017/18 is lowered 20 million bushels. Global wheat supplies for 2017/18 are lowered 0.8 million…
Global Avian Influenza Surge
…time. Meat industry publication Meatingplace reports that since December, the H5N6 strain of avian influenza has been reported in Hong Kong, the Netherlands, South Korea and Taiwan, in addition to…
2017 Farm Equipment Sales Up
…tractors in the U.S. in December 2017, were up 18 percent compared to the same month last year. For the twelve months in 2017, a total of 220,500 tractors were…
Key Risks Keep Ag Outlook Cool
…income are significantly lower than in previous years, the farm income forecast for 2017 was relatively unchanged from the 2016 estimate. Although farm income was expected to stabilize, growing inventories…
Almond Board: Sanitation a Must for NOW
…Almond Conference and said the 2017 season was a stark reminder about the need to get those mummies out of the trees. From the UC IPM website: NOW Management Two…
November 2017 Pork Exports Set Value Record
…large volume of November 2016, but still the second-highest monthly total of the year. Export value was also the second-largest of 2017 at $666.4 million, up eight percent year-over-year. January…
Canada Launches WTO Trade Disputes Against U.S.
…of the rest of the world, since it cited almost 200 examples of alleged U.S. wrongdoing, almost all of them concerning other trading partners, such as China, India, Brazil and…
Livestock Outlook Positive for 2018
…Bureau national convention. Domestic demand for beef has increased, with Americans expected to consume about 219 pounds of red meat and poultry this year. That’s the largest amount since 2007….
Farmers Are Becoming Less Optimistic About the Future
…last year and the second-lowest of 2017. The decline is driven entirely by producers becoming less optimistic about the future. The Future Expectations Index was recently at 137 in October,…