The New Emergency Relief Program announced this week by the Department of Agriculture will help cover the billions of dollars in losses from natural disasters in recent years. American Farm Bureau Federation Economist Danny Munch […]
The Wheat Quality Council annual Hard Winter Wheat tour is wrapping up on Thursday and the tour has released its total weighted average yield estimate of 39.7 bushels per acre. That is down from last […]
On Thursday, it was announced that Indonesia is lifting it’s ban on edible oils. The country, which is the world’s biggest shipper of edible oils, put a ban in place on April 28th, in a […]
On this week’s Weekly Export Sales report from USDA, we saw noticeable rebounds in corn and soybeans sales while wheat exports saw another marketing year low. Corn net sales of 435,300 MT for 2021/2022 were […]
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Wednesday condemned the Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act of 2022, approved by the House Agriculture Committee. NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane says the legislation was rushed […]
On Wednesday, day number two of the Wheat Quality Council tour worked from Colby, KS to Wichita, KS and it brought about lower yields for this year’s crop. In fact, the numbers came in below […]
A new University of Illinois study explores potential policy solutions to reduce nitrogen loss while still protecting farmers’ bottom lines. Federal and state governments have shied away from regulating nitrogen fertilizer use, but voluntary and […]
Key bills on everything from boosting EQIP funding and domestic fertilizer production to increasing meat processing competition moved through House Ag, though one remained highly controversial. The mostly non-controversial bills would boost climate and conservation […]
Story by Russ Quinn, DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) — Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of May 2022 continue to show mostly higher nutrient prices. But for the first time […]
A recent economic study indicates public-private U.S. agricultural export market development programs remain highly effective and generate a substantial return on investment. The study, welcomed by the Coalition to Promote U.S. Agricultura Exports, was conducted […]