…Siemen is a fourth‐generation family farmer and owner of Prime Land Farm in Harbor Beach, in Michigan’s Thumb region. He testified on behalf of his cooperative, Michigan Milk Producers Association,…
Canada Offers Potential U.S. Ethanol Export Growth
…will stay engaged in this top market, ensuring U.S. ethanol continues to achieve positive results for ethanol industries, agricultural producers and consumers on both sides of the border. Read more…
Free Trade, Relationships Key To Market Competitiveness In South Korea
…fiercely competitive market.” The more than 5.7 million tons (more than 224 million bushels) of corn and corn products South Korean buyers purchased from U.S. producers in 2015/2016 was valued…
2016 California Wine Sales in U.S. Hit New Record
…of the U.S. wine market. The U.S. Wine Market Wine shipments to the U.S. from all production sources — California, other states and foreign producers — grew to 399 million…
Secretary Perdue Announces Arrival of First Shipment of U.S. Beef to Brazil
…has arrived in Brazil following a 13-year hiatus. The entrance of American beef into the Brazilian market ushers in promising long-term economic opportunity for U.S. beef producers. “With Brazil’s large…
NMPF, USDEC Organize Dairy Fly-In on Capitol Hill to Build Support for Trade with Canada, Mexico
…repeal of Canada’s controversial new dairy pricing system. During a fly-in rally organized Tuesday and Wednesday by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC),…
Rabobank Finds Pork Export Market Projections Favorable
…booming pig market in the European Union will put pressure on supplies as prices are rapidly rising. U.S. pork producers are looking for exports to determine prices levels as domestic…
Commerce Department to End Mexican Sugar Dumping
…U.S. refiners. He adds that he won’t ask American sugar beet producers or cane farmers in Louisiana and Florida to do things that aren’t in their long-term best interests. “I’m…
Argentine Lemons Entering U.S. Market Despite Objections
…by the administration’s complete disregard for domestic citrus producers and the impact of this rule to the California fresh lemon industry,” Pidduck said in a news release. The announcement comes…
Finding a Balance for Food Labeling
…needs to find a way to get the consumer as much of the information they want because producers have nothing to hide. “We’re proud producers in the United States. We’re…
Organic Farmers Push for Welfare Standards Implementation
…consumers lose confidence in the organic seal, that will have a catastrophic impact throughout the industry.” However, the new standards are opposed by the larger organic egg producers. They say…
Agri View: Outlook for 2017
Everett Griner talks about the outlook for 2017 and what needs to happen for producers in today’s Agri View. Well 2013 was the last good year…
Ag Lender Survey: Farm Profitability Down, Commodity Prices Top Concern
…years of experience within the institution. “Like producers, agricultural lenders are aging, and they have valuable experience that will be hard to replace,” said Brittany Kleinpaste, director of economic policy…
Ag Producer Sentiment Inches Higher in April
…April 2017 survey results indicate that more producers think used machinery prices are low and fewer producers think used machinery values are high. Finally, the April survey featured a new…