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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 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
On Thursday, the CDC announced updated guidance regarding COVID-19 and the reopening of America.
Net wheat sales were down noticeably from the previous week and down 61 percent from the prior 4-week average according to the latest Weekly Export Sales Report from USDA.
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.
The California agricultural industry was the top beneficiary of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic according to the latest from the Economic Research Service.
USDA latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates reports expected higher prices for wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton.
USDA released their latest Crop Production Report for May, on Wednesday, and government economists expect a 10 percent year over year increase in winter wheat production this season.
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 John Kavulich with the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council.
Despite COVID-19 challenges, Canada remained a leading destination for U.S. agricultural exports in 2020, with high-value food and beverage exports reaching $17 billion.
In just 90 days, July 2021 corn futures increased almost $2 per bushel bringing relief to row-crop producers struggling from low prices, but providing a new challenge for livestock feeders facing lower beef prices.
Economic and financial conditions in U.S. agriculture continued to strengthen in the first quarter alongside ongoing increases in the prices of major row 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 Kody Bessent with Plains Cotton Growers.
The United States is a major exporter of agricultural products, with about 20 percent of its farm output sold abroad, however, an economic crisis in foreign markets is threatening to reduce U.S. export sales.
The Government Accountability Office is making recommendations to USDA regarding their management of wetlands, especially in the prairie pothole region in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
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.
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance has worked over the past three months to develop specific recommendations for how USDA should approach a potential carbon bank.
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.
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.
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 former North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan.
Possible changes in U.S. tax policy are on the minds of ag producers, according to Dr. Jim Mintert the Director of the Center for Commercial Agriculture at Purdue University.
U.S terms of trade with Mexico advanced 4.9 percent for the year ended in March 2021, the largest year-over-year increase since the index was first published in December 2017.
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 guests are Danielle Beck & Kaitlynn Glover with National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
As cash cattle prices hold the line between $118 to $120 per hundredweight this week, the online Cattle Market Report suggests that the assault on beef producers has been unrelenting and calls for government investigations in the obscene profits of the processors will only find no illegal activity.
The food gap measures how much food is needed to raise consumption at every income level to meet the nutritional target of 2,100 calories per capita per day, a minimum intake to sustain a healthy and active lifestyle.
After suffering through years of drought, Australia is looking at another big production year for grain production on the heels of bumper crops just one year earlier.
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 Mark Brown with Plains Cotton Growers.
Though producers are becoming more optimistic about the future, their views on the current conditions tell a slightly different story.
Trade policy barriers such as tariffs and regulations account for at least 14 percent of trade costs according to new estimates from the World Trade Organization.
USDA has announced updates to two popular livestock insurance policies in an effort to improve options and create additional opportunities for producers to participate.
President Biden released a policy proposal last week which aims to expand benefits related to education, nutrition programs, and family tax credits by increasing or modifying several key tax provisions.
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 BASF Western Region Agronomic Manager Kenny Melton.
With a weaker dollar, and supply concerns around the globe, U.S. grain exports of corn, barley and sorghum are projected to break the all-time export record this marketing season.
Volatile seems to be one of the best words to describe 2020, especially in agriculture.
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 we will hear highlights from a recent Supreme Court hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Missing notifications from World Trade Organization members outlining the subsidies they give to their enterprises continues to be an irritant in discussions in the WTO’s Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures.
For the week ending April 22, 2021, U.S. pork exports hit a new marketing year high and sales for corn, sorghum, and soybeans were higher than the previous week according to the latest USDA Weekly Export Sales Report.
The Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange have announced a reset on price limits for grain, oilseed, and lumber futures.
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 Dr. David Anderson, Professor and Extension Economist at Texas A&M University
In his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, President Joe Biden called for an end to “stepped-up basis” as a part of his tax plan aimed at paying for infrastructure and transportation upgrades, which drew a round of concern from commodity and general farm groups.
Though some producers are able to supplement their income with off-farm jobs, the Economic Research Service says dairy producers are the least likely to do so.
The Growing Climate Solutions Act passed out of the Senate Agriculture Committee recently and has been met with praise by many farm and ranch organizations.
As Congress mulls the possibility of transitioning the United States into a global green energy leader through a Biden Administration plan, Republicans are sounding the alarm that they’ll not help pass the $2.3 trillion plan.
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 we will hear highlights from a House Agriculture Committee hearing on Rural Broadband.
According to the Economic Research Service, consistent adoption of cover crops can increase the accumulation of organic soil matter, thus healthier soils.
As beef and pork exports continue to face headwinds in 2021, one meat category has seen impressive growth.
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 Shawn Wade with Plains Cotton Growers.
On Tuesday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining vs. the Renewable Fuels Association over the meaning of ‘temporary extension’ in relation to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
In a sign of what seems to be coming for the livestock industry, Tyson Foods last week joined U.S. CattleTrace. The program launched three years ago to assist animal health officials with a quick and effective means to respond to any foreign disease outbreak in the beef industry.
With 70 percent of all the United States freight carried by the trucking industry, a nationwide shortage of commercial truck drivers is leading to growing concern by both the trucking industry and the agriculture industry.
Last week the Senate Agriculture Committee passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act on a bipartisan and unanimous vote. That bill now heads to the Senate floor for further consideration.
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