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Today’s agriculture headlines and expert perspectives serving farmers, ranchers, crop consultants, livestock nutritionists and the entire U.S. ag community.
Headlines have declared that the Texas Farm Bureau has banned all Nike apparel for its staff . The Texas Farm Bureau, however, says that’s not quite right.
The U.S. has so far imposed tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, with Beijing retaliating in kind. Now, President Trump appears ready to up the ante to $200 billion.
In late August, (USDA) released details of rumored payments to farmers to offset market losses from the various trade wars currently underway. The payments are based on actual 2018 production, but only half, 50%.
The proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States threatens to cut through a ranch that has belonged to the Cavazos family for 250 years.
Red meat exports in the first half of 2018 were a cause of celebration for U.S. livestock producers—and kept prices afloat during expansion.
Navigating NAFTA 2.0 progress has been a game of “wait and see.” Now, leaders from both Mexico and the United States say they may be ready to strike a deal without Canada.
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is urging the Missouri Clean Water Commission to deny the feedlot expansion request for Valley Oaks Steak Co.
News that one of the top U.S. tractor companies is dropping made-in-China products should be music to the Trump administration’s ears -- except for the fact that it’s replacing them with machines made in Brazil.
Congressional Democrats remain opposed to President Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion dollars to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
AgDay’s national reporter Betsy Jibben talks with Don Close of Rabo AgriFinance and Peter Zeihan, a Geopolitical Strategist and Author.
Four-legged Woody saved the day when Joe Sheeran’s life flashed before his eyes. Pinned beneath a cow, he thought it was all over until his 8-month-old Australian Shepherd came to his rescue.
EPA says it has surveyed Superfund sites in flooded areas of Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri.
The average trade estimate is 91.332 million acres for corn, 86.169 million soybean acres, 46.915 million wheat acres, according to a poll by Reuters.
The Prospective Plantings report, combined with the quarterly Grain Stocks report showed the U.S. has too much of everything, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
NASS Eliminates An Objective Yield Survey; Year-Round E15 Closer to Reality; The Trade War Takes A Heavy Toll
While he says soybeans are the most important, Nicholson outlined a handful that he sees as equally important to U.S. agriculture.
Global trade is helping with beef demand and countries like China will play an important role in years to come.
U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) President and CEO Dan Halstrom will be addressing participants at the National Pork Industry Forum on Thursday, March 7.
Does the government make any money on crop insurance? That’s a viewer’s question during Customer Support. John breaks down is explanation.
The data was five years in the making. What will it tell us about farms, farming and farmers?
As usual, there’s farmer buzz and speculation about the accuracy of the numbers because many farmers don’t fill out the survey.
The 2017 Census of Agriculture found a 3% decline in the total number of farms in the U.S., and that since the 1997 Ag Census the decline has been 7.8%.
After accepting payments for approving USDA loans for cash payments, a former Farm Service Agency loan officer will spend two years in federal prison.
Agriculture industry leaders warn such a closure would likely cause more hardship forcing some farms out of business.
USDA will release the 2017 Census of Agriculture on Thursday, April 11. Ahead of the data release, take a look at some key data sets from the 2012 edition.
The Democrat-led New York state Senate is holding the first of three hearings dedicated to proposals to expand the labor rights of farmworkers.
The Missouri Senate has passed a bill to block local officials from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does.
12 U.S. Senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to cease issuing Renewable Identification Number (RIN) waivers also known as “hardship” waivers.
President Donald Trump remains in U.S. farmers’ good graces, according to the latest Farm Journal Pulse survey.