…21% of livestock producers with negative cashflows – that is, seeing their cash expenses outpace their revenues, a shortfall common among arable farmers too. “This is approximately the share of…
Rural Mainstreet Index Still Weak for November
…four bank CEOS indicated that their bank has made no lending changes due to falling farm income. More than one-fifth of livestock producers are expected to report negative cash flow…
Canada Cattle Producers urge Trade Fight if Trump Revives COOL
Cattle producers from Canada will urge the nation to retaliate against the United States, should U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump revive the U.S. Country-of-Origin meat labeling program (COOL). An internal memo…
Roberts Disappointed with USDA’s Advancement of GIPSA Rules
…in May. At another hearing in September, I pressed USDA Secretary Vilsack on this matter. I will continue to advocate for the interests of livestock, poultry, and meat producers as…
Senate Ag Committee Urges Obama to Press China on Biotech Approvals
…agriculture biotechnology product approvals in China. The bipartisan letter contains 37 signatures, 16 of which are Senate Agriculture Committee members. The Senators write, “American producers rely on access to the…
USDA Awards Funding for Market Development Programs
…fiscal year 2017 funding to 70 nonprofit organizations and cooperatives. The organizations use the funds to help U.S. agricultural producers promote their products to consumers around the globe through activities…
Dairy Industry Segment Doesn’t Want TPP
…dairy industry isn’t so sure TPP will be beneficial in its current form. The Wisconsin Farmers Union surveyed 1,000 dairy producers and 80 percent expressed serious concerns about milk imports…
Farm Sector Financial Stress Still Climbing
…stayed low. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s Ag Credit Survey says producers are expending more working capital to meet financial obligations because of continued weakness in both the…
Acreage Planting Switch Possible in 2017
…acreage switch will be determined in part by crop demand for those commodities in the new year. Producers saw an unusually good planting window in 2016, but a return to…
National Agricultural Conservation Survey Begins
…survey can directly benefit producers themselves by helping leaders focus on what producers need to install conservation practices that are best for their operations environmentally and financially.” Over the past…
Ag Groups React to New GIPSA Rules
…Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack outlined some of the new proposals and Ag groups are worried. Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council says the interim rule allows individual farmers…
USDA WASDE Report At a Glance
…now estimated at 4.5 million bales, equivalent to 29 percent of total disappearance. The forecast range for the marketing-year average price received by producers of 63.0 to 71.0 cents per…
Peterson Named U.S. Wheat Associates President in 2017
…to enhance the profitability of U.S. wheat producers and their customers.” Its activities are made possible by producer checkoff dollars managed by 19 state wheat commissions and through cost-share funding…
With Election Day Over, Farm Groups Push for TPP
…Producers Council and the National Corn Growers Association are pressing the current Congress to consider and approve the trade deal during the lame-duck session. The fate of TPP remains uncertain,…