…the components of the plan includes a market facilitation program. “That’s going to provide payments directly to producers of soybeans, sorghum, corn, wheat, cotton, dairy, and hogs,” said USDA Chief…
Trade War Endangers Farmers, Farm Bureau Tells Congress
…a farmer who serves as chairman of the AFBF Trade Advisory Committee, acknowledged that foreign barriers to trade are sometimes steep. The Boening family raises watermelons, feed grains, wheat, cotton…
USDA Increases Corn, Soybean Production Forecast
…wheat supplies were raised 74 million bushels on increased beginning stocks and higher production. The season-average farm price was lowered $0.10 per bushel at the midpoint to a projected range…
Japan TPP Ratification Brings Concerns for U.S. Wheat
U.S. wheat farmers are concerned with the recent move by Japan to ratify the updated Trans-Pacific Partnership last week. U.S. Wheat Associates says implementation of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific…
EU Wheat Harvest Hit Hard by Drought
…wheat this year. The outlook is about four percent lower than last year’s output. As little as three months ago, forecasters were expecting the 2018 wheat crop to be identical…
Perdue Hopeful NAFTA Agreement with Mexico Coming Soon
…wheat dropped from $7 to $6 a bushel. Between 85 and 90 percent of Oregon’s wheat heads overseas. Perdue continued to say that USDA is working on a “compensatory mitigation…
Producer Sentiment Rises Slightly in June
…the key agricultural commodities. For example, corn, soybeans, and wheat prices peaked in May before dropping somewhat in early June. Prices tumbled in mid-June when it became apparent that the…
CFBF: Farm Bill and Immigration Bill Bring Benefits for California
…perspective, our cotton, rice, wheat, corn growers, they seem fairly satisfied with the continuation of the ARC and PLC program and the little tweaks to crop insurance. And then for…
Enrollment for Safety Net Coverage Ends August 1
…long and medium grain rice, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity. For more details go to www.fsa.usda.gov/arc-plc or visit your local FSA office….
Ag Groups Want #TradeNotTariffs
…billion. “Adding a 25 percent tariff on exports to China for U.S. wheat is the last thing we need during some of the worst economic times in farm country,” says…
Federal Judge Rules Against California’s Glyphosate Labeling Requirement
…is attempting to implement a policy that will cause damage to American farmers,” says National Association of Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule. “The facts and science are on our side…
USDA Lowers Corn, Soybeans, Projected Ending Stocks
…2018/2019 season-average price for soybeans is forecast at $8.75 to $11.25 per bushel. Wheat supplies are increased slightly this month on higher beginning stocks and production. Winter wheat is forecast…
Agri View: Technology and Agriculture
…land to produce 100 bushels of wheat. Now all of this was considered ‘farm technology’ in its time. So, remember, technology on the farm has been around just about as…
Producers Getting Whiplash from Trade Back-and-Forth
…recently purchased wheat from Argentina for the first time in modern history. In spite of the president’s recent tendency to back down on threats against China, they still have to…