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As U.S. beef exports set an all-time record in August, topping the $1 billion mark for the first time, economists have also been looking at the import market.
Twenty years ago, the Packers and Stockyards Division of the Agricultural Marketing Service implemented the Swine Contract Library in an effort to aid in the price discovery process and provide equal access to market information for all market participants.
A group of business leaders both in and out of agriculture are weighing in on a proposal in the Biden administration’s Build Back Better agenda, also known as the reconciliation bill.
Over the past few years, researchers at USDA, the University of Oregon, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison studied the cumulative effects of oil booms and subsequent busts on communities and found that the oil booms offered a monetary incentive to families.
On Monday, USDA’s Economic Research Service released its monthly Situation and Outlook Report for livestock.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Sen. John Boozman, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
During the global shutdown due to coronavirus, more Americans found themselves in the kitchen preparing meals. For U.S. wheat producers, this helped lead to higher prices and record demand for durum wheat.
While demand for U.S. meat and poultry continues to grow, there are a few headwinds facing the industry in the near future, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division.
Last week the details of the most recent Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting were released and although the meeting was held in late September, there are concerns that the Fed’s policy position may be wrong and that concern is actually echoed by a member of the FOMC, Michelle Bowman from Kansas.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Tanner Antonick, U.S. Sales Manager for Advanta Seeds
Last week, the global airline industry agreed to cut carbon emissions by converting all commercial planes to 100 percent sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by 2050.
Every other year, University of Illinois ag economists update their projected costs of machinery, and for 2021 the costs would have been much higher had interest rates not been so low.
The National Pork Producers Council is reporting that USDA may allow harvesting line speeds at pork packing plants to increase, under a proposal being considered by the White House.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Mike Lung with Allendale Brokerage.
Although exports have been strong this marketing year, sales and exports for cotton are lower after futures prices in New York hit their highest level in 10 years.
“This could be the best crop year we have had in several years,” exclaimed one banker in the 11th Federal Reserve District’s quarterly survey when asked about current conditions last month.
If history repeats itself, then agriculture knows what lies ahead. The question is now, what will the industry do.
Grain and oilseed prices have slipped from their third-quarter highs but may rebound due to short-term tight supplies and increasing demand for renewable biofuels.
According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, wheat exports are down 12 percent from last year due to rising taxes.
If projections from University of Missouri economists are correct, lower prices are coming for corn, soybeans, and hogs, but higher prices for cattle.
Inflation projections are increasing as supply chain constraints and labor shortages continue to weigh on the economy, that’s according to the seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Concerns over demand-destruction due to the coronavirus pandemic and corresponding economic shutdown, are now giving way to worries over the global supply chain bottlenecks affecting almost every industry both in the United States and abroad.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is NCBA Vice President Todd Wilkinson.
The Department of Energy recently announced a goal of at least 3 billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel by the year 2030, with Secretary Jennifer Granholm saying she wanted to make sure that the airlines, industrial, and trucking sectors are decarbonized.
As Congress and the White House continue to spar over what is and is not needed for infrastructure investments in the U.S., supply chain concerns continue to mount.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Plains Cotton Growers CEO Kody Bessent.
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released their October Crop Production Report on Tuesday, based on conditions as of October 1, 2021. Researchers believe the harvest for corn and soybeans will be greater than last year’s production, while the final U.S. cotton crop is expected to be smaller.
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The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Bob Maurer with Manduca Trading in Chicago.
Now with just four months left to go, it appears the Chinese will not be able to completely fulfill their commitments for buying U.S. agricultural goods as part of the Phase One agreement.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana.
If nothing derails the train, U.S. agricultural exports are on track to reach an all-time high this fiscal year .
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is NCBA Vice President of Government Affairs Ethan Lane.
As the cattle industry continues to struggle with a lack of transparency in trades, a reduction in processing capacity, and lopsided revenues for packers, Congress and USDA challenged the Agriculture and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M to find the causes for and potential solutions to the problems.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Dave Salmonsen with the American Farm Bureau Federation.
U.S. beef exports soared to another new value record in August, topping the $1 billion mark for the first time.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Plains Cotton Growers Director of Field Services Mark Brown.
Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a comprehensive set of investments by USDA aimed at supporting drought resilience, animal disease prevention, market disruption relief, and updates for school nutrition programs.
It’s no surprise that exports are an important market outlet for U.S. pork production. But did you know that exports are even more important to the pork industry than they are to either the beef or poultry industries?
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Kurt Kovarik with the National Biodiesel Board.
USDA is adding more money as incentives to start up or expand entities in the food supply chain, in an attempt to expand meat and poultry processing capacity.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Chase Adams with the American Sheep Industry Association.
Floyd and Hale County’s Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agents are your hosts for a series of talks with experts for the 2021 Caprock Cattle Educational Series. This month’s guest is Dr. Jason Smith, Beef Cattle Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi.
How do two major world leaders at the United Nations end up talking about lambs?
There will be no government shutdown, at least not until December after the Senate and House passed measures to keep the government open Thursday afternoon.
Spray drift issues led to lawsuits a few years ago, as some producers of dicamba-tolerant crops were sued by other producers because of damage to their crops.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Tom Sell with Combest, Sell & Associates.
For the first time in ten years, U.S. cotton futures soared past the $1 mark on Tuesday, in part due to good export demand, especially from China.
The longest-running farm program in West Texas, the AgriBusiness Report is our daily interview program with decision-makers in the world of Agriculture. Today’s guest is Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas.
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