…of exports to the U.S. dairy industry, noting that approximately 15 percent of U.S. milk production amounting to roughly $5 billion a year leaves the country. As the letter stated,…
Red Meat Demand Remaining Strong
…says, “Those stocks are still high relative to historical norms, which will be a factor limiting industry production and expansion.” Turkey supplies were up 16 percent from March of last…
Bill Introduced to Reform Biodiesel Tax Credit
…would ensure that the tax credit would incentivize domestic production and taxpayers wouldn’t be subsidizing imported fuel. Biofuel imports have increased from 510 million gallons in 2014 to approximately one…
Productivity Growth and the Revival of Russian Agriculture
…economy in the early 1990s but has rebounded strongly since the late 1990s. The production increase contributed to Russia reducing its large imports of meat and other livestock products and…
Funding to Support the Agricultural Sciences
…groundbreaking discoveries that combat childhood obesity, improve and sustain rural economic growth, address water availability issues, increase food production, find new sources of energy, mitigate climate variability, and ensure food…
Progress on Canada Dairy Issue
…pricing policy for domestic milk that evaporated the demand for U.S. milk. Trump’s tariff announcement on lumber products from Canada was seen as a response to the dairy issue. Walker…
Trump Administration Imposing Tariff on Canada Lumber Products
…economic battle among neighboring countries that normally have one of the friendliest international relationships in the world. It follows a fight over a new Canadian milk policy that U.S. producers…
USDA Announces $4.8 Million Available to Support Food Safety Outreach Program
…Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) food safety guidelines into a variety of agricultural production and processing systems, including conventional, sustainable and organic systems. New projects will focus on, but are not…
AFBF’s President Duvall Joins in Historic White House Ag Roundtable
…Pennsylvania, dairy farmer and chair of the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board Hank Choate of Michigan, dairy farmer Tom Demaline of Ohio, president of Willoway Nurseries and vice chair, AmericanHort Zippy…
Executive Order Creates New Agriculture Panel
…national interest to ensure that regulatory burdens do not unnecessarily encumber agricultural production, constrain economic growth, hamper job creation, or increase the cost of food for Americans and our customers…
Historic White House Ag Roundtable Discussion Includes California Farmer
…House to showcase the diverse nature of agriculture production in the U.S. California will be represented by A.G. Kawamura of California, third-generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange…
Ag Groups Pleased With Perdue Confirmation
…strong production and agribusiness background makes him keenly aware of U.S. agriculture’s critical importance in: 1) feeding and clothing this country and the world, 2) powering this nation’s economy and…
RFA to EPA: Keep the RFS on Track in 2018
…production and are on pace to produce a record supply of 16 billion gallons of conventional renewable fuel in 2017, well above the 15-billion-gallon conventional renewable fuel RVO. Meanwhile, refiners…
Farm Lending Continues to Moderate
…in the farm sector are still weak, so borrowers and lenders have worked together to make adjustments in financing agricultural production across America. Ag lenders are making more adjustments to…