Washington Blueberry Numbers and USDA's Bridge Payment
From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update.
**Blueberry production in Washington state continues to climb with 2025 coming in close to last year’s record crop of 210 million pounds.
Washington Blueberry Commission Executive Director, Alan
Schreiber says so far we’ve collected assessments on 184 million pounds, and those alone add up to the second biggest crop on record.
Schreiber says, even if the rest of the assessments are unchanged from last year, we would come in at 207 million pounds.
**Beef production in major exporting and consuming regions is projected to decline in 2025, with global output likely to remain under pressure heading into 2026.
That’s according to a report from Rabobank that indicates the largest volume reductions are expected in the U.S., which has faced shrinking herds and lower slaughter rates.
That trend helps explain why other producers, like Australia, are expanding feedlot capacity to capitalize on weakened U.S. output.
**The USDA is making $12 billion available in one-time bridge payments to American farmers in response to trade market disruptions and increased production costs impacting farmers.
Bridge payments will aid farmers until investments from the One Big Beautiful Bill reach eligible farmers on October 1st of next year.
Up to $11 billion will be used for the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program, which provides broad relief to row crop farmers.
