Month: July 2021

America’s Farm Report is on vacation until July 19th. We will be back with more updates after then! Continue reading

Pandemic brings highest global hunger rate in 12 years Nearly one of every 10 people on earth is undernourished, a huge increase in global hunger in a world wracked by the pandemic, said the United Nations on Monday. In an annual report on world nutrition, the UN said around 768… Continue reading

USDA is given large role in Biden plan to restore competition Siding with farm activists, President Biden said “Big Ag is putting a squeeze on farmers” and signed an executive order telling the USDA to rejuvenate the livestock, seed, fertilizer and retail food markets. The executive order on competition also… Continue reading

Oregon adopts heat safety rule to protect farm labor and other workers In the wake of a heat wave blamed for the death of a farmworker, Oregon adopted an emergency rule on Thursday that guarantees workers rest breaks in the shade and plenty of cool water to drink during hot… Continue reading

After pandemic pain, school meal programs brace for next year School districts across the country pared their menus, reduced staffing, and canceled equipment purchases because of the pandemic, but nearly half of them still lost money in the cafeteria during the past school year, said a survey released on Thursday… Continue reading

Solar leases are more popular than carbon contracts among farmers The relative handful of farmers who have signed carbon sequestration contracts is half the size of the group that has leased land for solar electricity production, said Purdue University on Tuesday. Solar leases, which may exceed $1,000 an acre annually,… Continue reading

Court losses are only temporary setbacks, says ethanol industry Despite losing two high-profile cases in seven days, the ethanol industry says the future is bright for the corn-based biofuel that it promotes as a low-carbon alternative to gasoline and a tool to slow global warming. Ongoing delays in P-EBT slow… Continue reading

Vilsack trade view: ‘Over-reliance on China,’ no deal with EU soon Ag exports, a key part of U.S. farm revenue, are expected to generate 36 cents of every $1 in cash income this year, thanks to high commodity prices as the world recovers its appetite and the pandemic recedes. Agriculture… Continue reading

Bumper U.S. corn and soybean harvests are within reach The United States is headed for its largest corn harvest ever and its third-largest soybean crop, based on the USDA’s annual Acreage report, issued on Wednesday. The mammoth crops would be ready for harvest late this summer, replenishing U.S. grain inventories… Continue reading

In the Amazon, farming the forest to save the forest     Continue reading