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The Biden administration is out with the fiscal year 2022 budget proposal, calling for more money within USDA to support climate research and racial injustice.
The act that helped open the country to settlement by farmers and veterans, the Homestead Act, is now approaching its 160-year anniversary. In use until 1986, some 270 million acres were claimed and settled.
The June 1 Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows farmer sentiments declined significantly in May.
Australian and North American units of the world’s largest meat works were hit over the weekend by an organized cyber attack on its information systems, Brazil’s JBS SA said in a statement.
Drought conditions have lessened a bit in portions of North Dakota thanks to some rain, but frigid temperatures late last week and into the weekend also took its toll on crops across the upper Midwest.
The dire drought situation is one USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey thinks could last through at least the remainder of 2021. Forecasts also point to a drier weather pattern returning for Texas and the Plains.
Demand for pork and grains is helping propel prices in 2021, and USDA is forecasting it to be a record year.
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing last week for President Biden’s nominee to be an assistant Secretary of the Treasury, which included a focus on possible tax changes that could impact farmers and ranchers.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to list the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered Species Act. The chicken’s habitat spans parts of five states, including Colorado, Kansas and Texas.
The latest round of agricultural credit condition surveys from the Federal Reserve banks shows improved strength in the agricultural economy.
After JBS confirmed a cyberattack shuttered some of its processing plants, USDA’s daily cattle slaughter estimates revealed 94,000 head of cattle were processed on Tuesday, a drop of 27,000 head compared to last week.
A Brazilian agribusiness consultancy announced a new forecast reduction for the country’s second corn crop because of a severe drought, adding that yields are expected to touch a five-year low this season.
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The final days of May were soggy and cold for areas of the Plains, which was a sudden switch from the dryness headlining the weather year so far. The wet weather could dampen outlooks for winter wheat harvest in areas.
USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says northern Iowa saw the third latest freeze in history, only behind the years 1897 and 1947. The damage is now exposed in fields, with acres of no-till soybeans wiped out.
Even with rains hitting areas of the Plains and Corn Belt last week, U.S. corn planting progressed to 95% complete, a five-point bump in a week and three percentage points ahead of last year’s pace.
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Adjusting inputs can yield $100 more per acre.
The EPA and Department of the Army announced a plan on Wednesday to initiate a new rulemaking process to restore the protections that were in place prior to the 2015 WOTUS implementation.
A $9 billion dollar oil pipeline that became a symbol of the rising political clout of climate change advocates and a flash point in U.S.-Canada relations was officially canceled on Wednesday.
As World Pork Expo enters its second day, a policy priority for the pork industry continues to be the issue of line speeds at pork plants. Just this week, Agriculture Secretary said no final decision has been made.
USDA is set to release its latest WASDE report Thursday. Analysts say the June WASDE report typically isn’t the biggest market moving report for the month, but think there are key changes that need to be made.
Union workers voted overwhelmingly to go on strike if a new contract is not reached. Leaders with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union say they hope to avoid a work stoppage as they meet with company reps.
From carbon adjustment mechanisms and energy to infrastructure and innovation, John Kerry shares five points geared to hold global warming to a 1.5-degree Celsius limit.
2021 seems to be the year of pork. From growing exports to a change in taste for U.S. pork products at home, pork demand is helping drive higher prices for producers today.
Corn Prices Boosted by USDA Report Reflecting Robust Exports, Ethanol’s Rapid Recovery from COVID-19
USDA’s June World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) caused corn prices to hang on to the day’s gains, but spurred soybean prices to tumble Thursday.
While some signs point to a recovery for China’s hog herd, analysts say reliable and consistent data out of China is absent today after China clamped down on traditional sources of information.
More than $1 billion in payments will be released over the next several weeks for producers with approved applications for the QLA Program and for producers who have already received payments through WHIP+.
Multi-story hog farrowing and finishing buildings, often in megaplexes with tens of thousands of pigs in China. And according to John Phipps, there may be some benefits to the buildings.