USDA Specialty Crop Funds and Ethanol Production Drops
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**The USDA is awarding $8.3 million in funding to help 11 U.S. recipients address their trade barriers and expand international market access for U.S. specialty crops.
The funding is provided through the Foreign Agricultural Service and helps producers combat trade barriers and promote their goods internationally.
Trade and Foreign Ag Affairs Undersecretary Luke Lindberg says our market development programs are bringing the bounty of American agriculture to people around the world.
**The USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service is about to begin data collection for the quarterly Milk Production Survey.
The information allows NASS to accurately measure and report conditions and trends in the U.S. milk industry over the course of a year.
This survey, conducted four times a year, asks milk producers for the number of milk cows in the herd, the number of cows milked, and total milk production.
**New data from the Energy Information Administration says American ethanol output dropped to a four-month low while inventories increased.
Production fell to an average of 1.024 million barrels a day during the week ending on September 19.
That’s down from 1.055 million barrels produced during the previous week and is the lowest level since May.
In the Midwest, which produces the largest amount of ethanol, production fell 1.4%, the lowest in four months.
