…$246 billion, or 62 percent, of all U.S. agricultural sales of $395 billion. Food co-ops also generate more than $1.4 billion in annual revenue, as every $1,000 spent in a…
USDA Partners to Improve Community Infrastructure for 1.1 Million Rural Americans
…roadways. The county will buy three trucks with snow plows, a backhoe, a tractor ditching head and a brush/tree chipper. This equipment will provide safer roads for the county’s 14,642…
Celebrating National Apple Month
…to promote the sales of apples, as well as honor the people involved in getting them from the farm to our homes. New York really is the Big Apple. New…
Groups Respond to New US-Mexico-Canada Agreement
…their products to foreign customers.” Canada represents the second-largest market for California agricultural exports, with sales of more than $3.3 billion in 2016—the most recent year for which full statistics…
White House Considers Limits on Biofuel Trading for E15 Deal
…deal to help U.S. corn farmers and biofuels producers by lifting a ban on the summer sales of higher ethanol blends in the nation’s gasoline. President Trump has repeatedly said…
NCBA “Strongly Supports” Expanding Trade with Japan
…export market, accounting for nearly $1.9 billion in U.S. beef sales in 2017. Unfortunately, U.S. beef faces a massive 38.5 percent tariff in Japan—a trade barrier that hurts America’s beef…
Secretary Perdue Rings the Closing Bell at NYSE
…Poole Owner Trinity valley Farms, NY Julie Kurr Agronomy Business Manager Agfinity Inc. Sarah Dean Manager, International Affairs John Deere Dirk Stratmann Sales Director, CIS Region John Deere Source: USDA…
USDA Outlines Next Steps for Advancing Animal Disease Traceability
…for their operations. Not only will electronic ID allow animals to move more quickly through ports, markets and sales, it will also help ensure rapid response when a disease event…
USDA Announces Investment to Expand Markets for Specialty Crop and Other Farmers
…help field-grown nurseries respond to fire ants; improve Northeast Tennessee buyer-producer networks; and examine ways to increase sales and income for Tennessee’s specialty crop producers. $13.35 million is directed to…
Growth Energy Launches Bus Tour Promoting E15
The summer ban on E15 sales in select areas ended over the weekend as Growth Energy launched a campaign to promote E15 and higher blended fuels. As part of their…
Refiner Waivers Could Cost Ethanol Industry $20 Billion
New research estimates the U.S. ethanol industry could lose 4.6 billion gallons of domestic demand and $20 billion in sales from the administration’s approach to the Renewable Fuel Standard. Economists…
Monthly Tractor, Combine Sales Increase
Farmers and ranchers purchased more combines and tractors last month according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The latest monthly report shows tractor sales were up…
Farm, Ethanol Groups Urge President to Restore Integrity to RFS, Allow Year-Round E15 Sales
…Association urged the administration to act immediately to restore the integrity of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and allow year-round sales of E15 and other mid-level ethanol blends. The groups…
University Analysis: EPA’s Refiner Waivers Could Cost Ethanol Industry $20 Billion in Losses
…demand and nearly $20 billion in sales revenue over the next six years if the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its current practice of exempting dozens of small refiners from…