House Ag Committee Chair Collin Peterson of Minnesota and Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania introduced a bill to allow flavored and unflavored whole milk to be offered in school. Secretary Sonny Perdue directed USDA last year […]
The brutally cold conditions this week have been hard on farmers and all of their livestock. However, it’s also likely to be a rough go for southern parts of the Midwest wheat belt this week. […]
Mike Dwyer, Chief Economist for the U.S. Grains Council, made quite a prediction during a trade discussion at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit. He says U.S. ethanol exports have the potential to hit four billion […]
The first half of 2019 should see a shift away from current El Nino conditions. That prediction came from Dr. Art Douglas of Creighton University, who spoke during the CattleFax Outlook Seminar at the NCBA […]
The month-plus government shutdown has left USDA officials with quite the backlog of commodity reports. They also have a lot of other numbers waiting to be crunched for future reports. Those numbers include the 2017 […]
American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) CEO Brian Jennings sent a letter to U.S. Senators today encouraging they secure tangible documentation on two critically important ethanol issues from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler […]
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) welcome the introduction of legislation sponsored by Reps. Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and Collin Peterson (D-MN), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, allowing […]
The 2019 Crappie Masters Fishing Tournament Trail is underway and the Renewable Fuels Association and the National Corn Growers Association are co-sponsors. The first of 16 tournaments begin this weekend in Florida. Crappie Masters President […]
Many industry experts say it’s a “when not if situation” in terms of African Swine Fever reaching U.S. soil. Pork producers at the recent Illinois Pork Expo all agreed that ASF hitting the U.S. would […]
The Alltech Global Feed Survey came out this week and showed that international feed tonnage grew by three percent in 2018. The total of 1.103 billion metric tons topped the 1 billion-mark for a third-straight […]