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Farm Bill Extension Worries Pt 2
Fruit Grower Report
Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Manager of Government Relations at Syngenta, is one of those who believe the Farm Bill Extension is just kicking the can down the road ... and is not overly optimistic it will get done in an election year.
California Artichoke Production Down and ASF in China Data
The Agribusiness Update
Artichoke production on California’s Central Coast has steadily fallen over the past three decades, and the 2018 spread of African swine fever to China had reverberations in the global pork market, according to new USDA data.
Farm Bill Extension Worries Pt 1
Fruit Grower Report
Mary Kay Thatcher, Senior Manager of Government Relations at Syngenta, is one of those who believe the Farm Bill Extension is just kicking the can down the road ... and is not overly optimistic it will get done in an election year.
USDA Funding Supply Chain Improvement and World Ag Output Down
The Agribusiness Update
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says USDA is making investments to strengthen American food and agriculture supply chains, expand markets for producers, and lower food costs, and In the past decade, the world’s ag output grew at an average annual rate of 1.94%, down from 2.74% in the past decade.
Farm Bill and Spending Bill Warning
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
A Senate Democrat, Patty Murray has issued a warning to House Republicans to avoid two new shutdown threats early next year in the just-enacted stopgap funding and farm bill extension.
USDA's $3-billion for Natural Disasters and US Milk Production Down
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2022, USDA’s latest Milk Production report shows production during September totaled 17.5 billion pounds, down slightly from September of last year.
USDA's $3-billion for Natural Disasters and US Milk Production Down
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA will provide more than $3 billion to commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disasters in 2022, USDA’s latest Milk Production report shows production during September totaled 17.5 billion pounds, down slightly from September of last year.
Farm Bill Renewal Not Happening in 2023
California Ag Today
With the federal government shutdown looming, experts say the Farm Bill won’t make it to the finish line before 2024.
Plant-Based Myths Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The narrative for several years, according to Alan Bjerga, Senior Vice President at the National Milk
Producers Federation, has been that sales of plant-based beverages are up and milk drinking is down, but that’s changing.
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Plant-Based Myths Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The narrative for several years, according to Alan Bjerga, Senior Vice President at the National Milk
Producers Federation, has been that sales of plant-based beverages are up and milk drinking is down, but that’s changing.
Read More New California Ag Laws and Progress in Domestic Fertilizer
The Agribusiness Update
A number of new state laws are set to impact California farmers after Governor Gavin Newsom ended the legislative year by signing a flurry of bills, and progress made in partnering with farmers and American businesses to increase innovative domestic fertilizer production.
UFA Hydroponics Class and Progress in Domestic Fertilizer
The Agribusiness Update
Learn to manage different hydroponics systems, as well as the fundamentals of climate, water, nutrition, and plant health at UFA, and progress made in partnering with farmers and American businesses to increase innovative domestic fertilizer production.
Export Projections for 2024
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Fiscal year 2024 is not looking good for farm exports, already down through 11 months tabulated for fiscal year 2023.
EPA Cares More About Rats than Farmers and Ag Landscape on Brink of Shift
The Agribusiness Update
Senator Chuck Grassley and 15 Senate colleagues are challenging the EPA to abandon its proposed measures targeting 11 rodenticides, and the global ag landscape is on the brink of a large shift with the crop protection chemicals market witnessing extraordinary growth.
Latest WASDE Report and American Farmland Trust Awards
The Agribusiness Update
The latest WASDE Report says U.S. corn production is forecast down 70 million to 173 bushels per acre, and American Farmland Trust recently awarded more than $1 million to 110 farmers through the Brighter Future Fund.
Potato Council on Speaker and Farm Bill Pt 2
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles says finding a new House Speaker likely means more delays getting a Farm Bill done.
Potato Council on Speaker and Farm Bill Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles says finding a new House Speaker likely means more delays getting a Farm Bill done.
Turkey Prices Down
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
Consumers might be paying less for a Thanksgiving turkey this year thanks to improved supplies.
California Prune Production Up and Gas Prices Drop
The Agribusiness Update
Now that California prune growers are earning a higher price, with supply more in line with demand, marketers say: Don’t go nuts on prunes, and for the first time in two weeks, the nation's average price of gasoline declined.