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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
Bayer announced Thursday that it will team up with Prospera Technologies Inc. to create tools that track and analyze greenhouse data for vegetable growers.
Five representatives from southwestern states are asking Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to include extra-long staple cotton producers in coronavirus relief programs.
Closures of meatpacking plants due to COVID-19 built up a backlog of at least 3 million hogs. With nowhere else to send them, some producers have resorted to euthanasia.
A semi-annual global fertilizer report published by RaboResearch in June shows that imports of nitrogen, phosphate and potash to North America in the first quarter of 2020 were down 22% from last year, despite an increase in the number of planted acres.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will be adding two new domestic cattle producer members to the Beef Promotion and Research Board and reapportioning representation to reflect shifts in cattle inventory levels.
Producers were more optimistic about their farming operations in June after a beneficial spring planting season and the implementation of the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
USDA's Farm Service Agency announced Thursday that producers who miss the July 15 acreage reporting deadline will not face a late filing fee if they file within a month of the deadline.
The value of both U.S. agricultural imports and exports fell in the month of May as meat suppliers saw their production capacity tested by COVID-19, according to data from USDA's Economic Research Service and the U.S. Department of Commerce.
COVID-related shutdowns and slowdowns at meatpacking plants pushed beef exports for May below last year’s levels and pork exports to their lowest level since October, according to data collected by the United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
