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California Flood Damage and USDA Expanding Wildfire Efforts
The Agribusiness Update
California farmers in the Salinas Valley are calculating crop damages from recent flooding, and USDA officials say they are expanding efforts to reduce wildfire risks in western U.S.
California Flood Damage and USDA Expanding Wildfire Efforts
The Agribusiness Update
California farmers in the Salinas Valley are calculating crop damages from recent flooding, and USDA officials say they are expanding efforts to reduce wildfire risks in western U.S.
Souther States Cooperative 100th Years and USDA Expanding Wildfire Efforts
The Agribusiness Update
Southern States Cooperative is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023, and USDA officials say they are expanding efforts to reduce wildfire risks in western U.S.
Flame-Retardant Cotton Fabric and Ag Groups Take WOTUS to Court
The Agribusiness Update
USDA breeds four cotton varieties found to produce flame-retardant, self-extinguishing textiles and Ag groups file legal challenge to the EPA's new WOTUS rule.
Russian Invasion Costs BASF and Strengthening Organic Enforcement
The Agribusiness Update
BASF expects to post a net loss for 2022 caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and USDA National Organic Program previews Strengthening Organic Enforcement final rule.
Russian Invasion Costs BASF and Strengthening Organic Enforcement
The Agribusiness Update
BASF expects to post a net loss for 2022 caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and USDA National Organic Program previews Strengthening Organic Enforcement final rule.
Cattle are King of U.S. Animal Receipts
Southeast Regional Ag News
U.S. farm cash receipts from animals and animal products totaled $195.8 billion in 2021, led by receipts of cattle and calves at $72.9 billion, or 37 percent.
USDA Investing Funds to Reduce Wildfire Risk
California Ag Today
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is releasing nearly two billion dollars for fuels and vegetation treatments to combat wildfires in the western U.S. He says this announcement expands on the Forest Service’s Wildfire Crisis Strategy put in place last year.
California Dairies Reduce Methane and Farm Credit for Americans Act
The Agribusiness Update
California dairy farmers are making progress in reducing methane emissions, and Senator Chuck Grassley to reintroduce Farm Credit for Americans Act.
Tri-State Fruit & Vegetable Meeting and Farm Credit for Americans Act
The Agribusiness Update
Farmers in Florida, Alabama and Georgia prepare for the Tri-State Fruit & Vegetable Meeting January 26th, and Senator Chuck Grassley to reintroduce the Farm Credit for Americans Act.
USDA Disaster Assistance Updates and Bird Flu Impacts Egg Production
The Agribusiness Update
USDA makes several updates to conservation, livestock, and crop disaster assistance programs, and Bird Flu knocks U.S. egg inventories down 29%.
Ag Sees Increase in Skilled Workers
Southeast Regional Ag News
Over the last two decades, USDA reports that the strongest rural job gains were in smaller industries that tend to employ high-skill workers.
Food Prices Outpace General Inflation
Southeast Regional Ag News
USDA Economist Matt MacLachlan says food prices rose nearly 10.5% in December and gives his 2023 projections.
NCBA Unhappy with WOTUS and USDA Approves Honeybee Vaccine
The Agribusiness Update
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is not happy with newly published Waters of the U.S. Rule, and USDA approves new honeybee vaccine to treat foulbrood disease.
Baby Formula Tariffs in 2023 and Ethanol Production Margins Weaken
The Agribusiness Update
Baby formula imports will see tariffs again in 2023 when exemptions expire, and America's ethanol production margins weaken in late 2022.
Eggs More Expensive and Beef Exports to East Asia on Record Pace
The Agribusiness Update
Consumers are finding that eggs are one of the foods that are more expensive than they were a year ago, and U.S. beef exports to East Asia are on a record pace.
McKalip Confirmed
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Doug McKalip faces a huge challenge to expand overseas market access as the new Chief Ag Trade Negotiator with the U.S. Trade Representative's office, but says he's up for it.
H-2A Numbers Climb and USDA Forecasts Ag Trade Deficit
The Agribusiness Update
American Ag Employers are filling more seasonal jobs with H-2A workers, and USDA forecasts ag trade deficit for the first time with more imports expected than exports in 2023.
Beef Exports to East Asia on Record Pace and Retail Food Prices Up in 2022
The Agribusiness Update
U.S. beef exports to East Asia in 2022 on record pace, and it's no secret but a USDA report shows how much retail food prices jumped in 2022.
Dairy Consumption Up Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Dairy consumption by U.S. consumers continues its upward trend showing more Americans are attempting to eat a healthier diet.