Hemp Fields in Poland
Hemp fields in Poland continue a steady uptick Continue reading
Hemp fields in Poland continue a steady uptick Continue reading
Trump trade rollercoaster heads back up, but with conflicting claims After a weekend in which Trump lashed out angrily at China, calling its leader “an enemy,” Trump was making nice again at the end of the G7 summit on Monday, praising Chinese President Xi Jinping as a “great man” and… Continue reading
Promise of Japan deal caps Trump’s turbulent weekend on trade In 48-hour span, starting Friday, President Trump roiled global markets by Tweeting his intention to again raise tariffs on China and ordering U.S. companies out of the country, then appeared to backpedal, saying at the G7 summit he was having… Continue reading
Missed some agricultural news this week? Here are seven stories to catch you up. From:https://www.beefmagazine.com/business/7-ag-stories-you-might-have-missed-week-aug-23-2019 1. Fargo County, N.D., received the most trade aid in the first round of Market Facilitation Program payments. Soybeans accounted for 97% of the total aid. Total payments for soybeans through the end of July… Continue reading
‘Big pile of money’ for farmers could backfire in Congress The Trump administration enabled multimillion-dollar payments to some large operators in this year’s round of trade war payments by obliterating the usual limits on farm subsidies, said the president of the National Farmers Union on Thursday U.S. apple exports plunge… Continue reading
New agreement will govern imports of tomatoes from Mexico The Commerce Department and Mexican tomato growers initialed a new agreement that, beginning on Sept. 19, will control U.S. imports of roughly $2 billion a year worth of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, said officials from both nations on Wednesday. Lawmakers call… Continue reading
Largest ethanol maker closes Indiana plant, blames EPA waivers At the same time that POET, the largest U.S. ethanol maker, said it was forced to shut down an Indiana plant due to EPA “mismanagement” of the ethanol mandate, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said that “farmers feel the… Continue reading
Vacancy at the top of USDA as Perdue gains a full-time deputy for nutrition After two years with a title that suggested he was a placeholder, Brandon Lipps formally became deputy undersecretary for nutrition at the Agriculture Department on Monday. The Trump administration has not filled the top nutrition post… Continue reading
‘Digital divide’ persists, though 53 percent of farms conduct business on internet More than half of U.S. farm operators say they do business over the internet, a 13-point increase in six years, as ownership of computers and access to the internet blossomed, according to USDA. Nonetheless, the Pew Research Center… Continue reading
Profitability of many midwestern corn, soy farms ‘will almost surely fall’ Farmland values are falling for the fifth year in the Midwest, and one factor in the decline is “muted expectations for farm income” this year, said the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank on Thursday. “The profitability of many corn… Continue reading