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Feenstra leads legislation to develop export infrastructure
U.S. Reps. Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Jim Costa (D-CA), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA) introduced the Fortifying Refrigeration Infrastructure and Developing Global Exports (FRIDGE) Act.
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Platform technology vaccines changing the game for cattle and hogs
Medgene, a South Dakota animal health company, recently received USDA licenses for platform vaccines for use in swine and cattle.
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Latin American Product Showcase helps advance trade of U.S. beef, pork
Exporters of U.S. beef, pork, and lamb are meeting with buyers from Central America, South America, and the Caribbean this week.
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Brazil's uptick in corn exports not necessarily indicative of trend, ag economist says
While Brazil is positioned to surpass the U.S. in corn exports this year, the data don’t indicate the trend leading to this development will necessarily continue, as the South American country faces many challenges when it comes to agriculture and trade, a national ag economist said today.
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FMC Corporation and the Ukraine government sign a Memorandum of Cooperation for agriculture during Ukraine Recovery Conference
FMC Corporation and its Ukraine subsidiary “FMC Ukraine” a leading global agricultural sciences company, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Economy, represented by Ms. Yulia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Ukraine, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Thursday, June 22 during the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2023 in London. Both parties are committed to continue collaborating to support favorable conditions for the recovery of the Ukrainian economy, with a specific focus on its agricultural sector.
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USDA forecasts record corn production
USDA on Wednesday, July 12, lowered the corn yield estimate to 177.5 bushels per acre (bpa) after bumping up its acreage estimate, but the July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) still forecasts a record corn crop at 15.32 billion bushels (bb).
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Grocery prices unchanged in June, as food inflation grows
Supermarket prices were flat in June, as the falling cost of dairy products helped offset some increases in beef and chicken prices.
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Severe storms brewing in southwestern Corn Belt
Severe storms are expected to hit parts of the western and southern Corn Belt and northern Delta Region this week.
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USDA unveils $300M greenhouse gas measurement, monitoring plan
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce Wednesday that USDA will spend $300 million to improve measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in climate-smart agriculture and forestry.
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UN scrambles to save Ukraine grain deal and prevent global food price spikes
Moscow seems intent on letting the Black Sea Grain Initiative expire this coming Monday, but the United Nations is equally resolved to preserve the deal and prevent food prices from rising in some of the poorest nations.
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Indigo Ag announces a program with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. aimed at quantifying environmental benefits of sustainable grains
Indigo Ag, the innovative leader and trusted partner in sustainable agriculture, announced a program with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co., a subsidiary of CGB Enterprises, Inc. and a leader in the grain and transportation industries, designed to quantify the environmental benefits of sustainably grown crops sourced by CGB.
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Grassley, Marshall, Braun introduce bill to weed out wasteful spending at USDA
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced legislation to curb wasteful spending at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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July WASDE report ripe for changes
USDA's July World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report doesn't typically touch yield estimates for corn or soybeans, but given this year's early drought throughout the Midwest, there is a good chance USDA will at least adjust the corn yield, in addition to following up on findings from its June 30 reports.
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55% of U.S. corn, 51% of soybeans good to excellent
The USDA’s national corn and soybean condition ratings improved last week.
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Federal probe finds child labor violations at Minn. food manufacturing facility
A Labor Department investigation has found at least two teenagers — one 16 years old and the other 17 — operating meat-processing equipment in violation of federal child labor restrictions at Monogram Meat Snacks LLC in Chandler, Minnesota.
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Torres Small confirmed as Deputy Ag Secretary
Xochitl Torres Small has been confirmed as the next deputy ag secretary for USDA.
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Financial assistance application opens for USDA farm loan borrowers who have faced discrimination
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the opening of the financial assistance application process for eligible farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who experienced discrimination in USDA farm lending programs prior to January 2021.
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Low Mississippi River levels will drop even more
The executive director of the Soy Transportation Coalition says water levels on the lower Mississippi River are starting to get comparable to last year as the drought persists.
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May pork exports highest in two years; beef exports below record-large, year-ago totals
Led by another outstanding month in Mexico and robust demand for variety meat, exports of U.S. pork continued to gain momentum in May, according to data released by USDA and compiled by USMEF. While well below the record-large volume and value posted in May 2022, beef exports improved from April and were the second largest (behind March) of 2023.
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Glyphosate backers welcome EU food safety agency's findings
A European Food Safety Authority review did not find “any critical areas of concern” in a peer review it conducted of a risk assessment of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as the European Union prepares to vote later this year on the future of the herbicide on the continent.
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Nebraska farm and ranch land values climbed 14% in 2022
Agricultural land values in Nebraska climbed 14% from 2022 to 2023 to $3,835 per acre. That average includes seven land classes that include everything from center-pivot irrigated row-crop farms to grazing land.
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Anthrax confirmed in Kittson County cow
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirms the state’s first anthrax case in animals in more than a decade in Kittson County, affecting multiple cattle and a horse, and has quarantined the affected property.
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Aimpoint Research releases new report examining a future without glyphosate
Aimpoint Research, a global strategic intelligence firm, released a new report, “A Future Without Glyphosate" exploring the complexities of glyphosate’s impact on our agricultural system, farmers’ livelihoods, the economy, and the environment if the most widely used herbicide in the U.S. was no longer available.
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USDA expands risk management with greater enterprise unit possibilities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is expanding its insurance coverage options for specialty crops and other actual production history (APH) crop programs.
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EPA's race to cut emissions with electric vehicles sparks concern in agriculture, auto industry
Agriculture and renewable energy groups have told EPA the agency is pursuing an impractical, single technology solution for auto emissions that fails to account for the benefits of biofuels.
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USMCA now in its third year
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement was signed three years ago this week and American agriculture has continued to benefit since.
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Price or profitability -- Which matters more to cattle producers?
Three seasoned cattlemen -- one large commercial operator, one seedstock producer, and one feedlot manager -- sat down over the Fourth of July holiday and bantered back and forth over what makes a "perfect" cow.
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On the search for extra farm bill funds
An ag lobbyist says it will be challenging for Congress to get additional money to fund what is projected to be most expensive farm bill in history.
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