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U.S. crop area planted, harvested, yield and production in domestic units.
Demand and weather updates are two key factors ahead for most commodity markets. While this space would never try to forecast something harder than even this Congress, the weather, the following are highlights of the USDA Weekly Export Sales report for the week ended July 7, along with our comments:
The Show-Me State is home to an abundance of resources, one of which has proven an underrated asset for USDA and its school food distribution costs. Can you guess what it is?
This year, shortly before Memorial Day, signs identifying the various crops that are grown in Idaho and Lewis counties began sprouting up along U.S. Highway 95, State Highway 162 between Grangeville and Nezperce and in some spots beside U.S. Highway 12.
Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payment rates for 2015 crops of wheat and oats have been set, with wheat at 61 cents per bushel and oats at 28 cents per bushel, according to USDA, with no payment for barley.
Chairmen of the House and Senate Ag Committees talked about major farm and food policy matters during a Bloomberg Government event today.
An eastern Indiana ministry that operates a children’s camp has sued local zoning officials, warning that a planned 1,400-cow dairy farm they approved for a nearby site will ruin the summer camp experience due to odors, dust and manure runoff.
On its face, the Clean Water Act is pretty simple. It prohibits “the discharge of any pollutant” into “the waters of the United States” without a permit. And the law sets substantial civil and criminal penalties for violating it. In practice, determining what counts as the “waters of the U.S.” isn’t simple at all.
Farmers and ranchers filing crop acreage reports with FSA and participating insurance providers approved by RMA now can provide the common information from their acreage reports at one office.
It did not take long for reaction to come after EPA on Wednesday released its proposed Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume obligations.