…rapeseed, long grain rice, medium grain rice (which includes short grain and sweet rice), safflower seed, sesame, soybeans, sunflower seed and wheat. Upland cotton is no longer a covered commodity….
National Farmers Organization Talks NAFTA
…for commodity prices here in America. Mexico and Canada make up a significant share of American agricultural sales in commodities like corn, wheat, sorghum, red meat, and dairy products. Olson…
Egypt Issuing Wheat Import Guidelines to Tackle Trade Problems
Egypt plans to issue a streamlined guide on wheat import regulations for global traders. The guidelines will detail all specifications, procedures, and regulations for traders selling to the world’s largest…
U.S. Wheat Closing Cairo Office
…in the region on a targeted basis. U.S. Wheat is the export market development organization for the U.S. wheat industry with funding from 17 state wheat commissions and USDA’s Foreign…
USDA Helps Small Businesses Develop New Agricultural Products, Technology
…Washington, will develop new wheat varieties at their Phoenix, Arizona, facilities to help increase consumer acceptance of whole grain wheat by improving the shelf life and flavor of whole grain…
California Labor Shortages Detailed in Survey
…diverse group of farmers growing a wide range of commodities including tree fruit, grapes, nuts, rice, and wheat. Employers have been increasing recruiting efforts, as well as offering higher wages…
EU, Canada, Settle 21 Year Beef Fight
…exports to the EU in stages to 50,000 metric tons of duty-free beef, as well as 80,000 metric tons of pork and 100,000 of wheat. From the National Association of…
CME Analysis Warns of La Niña Risks
…the America’s side of the Pacific Ocean. The one potentially worrisome feature of agricultural markets today, Norland writes, is that corn, wheat and soy complex options implied volatilities are trading…
USDA Issues Farm Safety Net and Conservation Payments
…next several months. Payments are being made to producers who enrolled base acres of barley, corn, grain sorghum, lentils, oats, peanuts, dry peas, soybeans, wheat, and canola. In the upcoming…
Celebrate National Taco Day
…equal the weight of two Empire State Buildings. Tacos are made of soft or hard-shelled corn or wheat tortillas and wrapped or folded around a filling that is generally made…
Gluten Free Wheat Near Reality
…that create gluten in wheat. More genes will still need to be removed before the wheat is ready for testing. It’s estimated that seven percent of the global population suffers…
USDA Releases Grain Stocks Estimates
…expectations from market analyst, according to DTN. USDA reports old-crop soybean ending stocks at 301 million bushels and wheat ending stocks at 2.2 billion bushels. The numbers are estimates by…
Soft Durum Wheat Opens Door to Expand Food Uses
Soft Svevo durum wheat growing in an Idaho field. Photo by Craig Morris. Soft Svevo, a new soft durum wheat variety developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their…
Record Crop Value in Sacramento County
…rice and wheat experienced substantial declines attributed to the lengthy drought. Aquaculture also saw close to a 50 percent decrease from the year prior, mostly because of the sharp decline…