USDA Extending Crop Insurance Deadlines Due to COVID-19
The USDA is providing policyholders additional time to pay premium and administrative fees and to waive accrual of interest.
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USDA Weekly Export Sales Routine Other Than Soybeans
USDA released their latest Weekly Export Sales Report on Thursday. Traders were greeted by lower sales for U.S. wheat, corn and cotton, but the light was brightest for sorghum and soybeans.
Midwest Crop Conditions Remain Good, Southern Crops Struggling
Plains Cotton Growers is reporting more than 75 percent of the dryland crop on the High Plains has been abandoned, mainly due to drought.
Weekly Beef Export Sales Hit Marketing Year High
According to the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS), for the week ending July 30, 2020 wheat sales increased 10 percent from the previous week on the heels of big purchases from the Philippines, Taiwan, and Brazil while exports fell 4 percent from last week.
USDA and Secretary Perdue Announce Streamlined H-2A Website
The agriculture industry has long relied on the availability of foreign ag workers to tend fields, maintain livestock operations, and harvest crops and animals.
Unsolicited Packages Arriving From China With Unknown Seeds
WASHINGTON, DC – Unsuspecting and unsolicited packages have been arriving nationwide from China, in many […]
Federal Assistance for Livestock Producers Dealing With Drought
With more than half of the Southwest dealing with drought conditions, USDA’s Farm Service Agency reminds producers about the Livestock Forage Disaster Program.
July Cattle on Feed Report Suggests Herd Contraction
The U.S. cattle herd is slightly smaller this year than at the same time last year, according to the latest July Cattle on Feed Report from USDA.
House Approves USDA’s 2021 Fiscal Year Spending Bill
Funding for USDA and the FDA was approved by the House of Representatives on Friday.
Export Sales Report Reveals Increasing Exports, Decreasing Sales
According to USDA’s Foreign Agriculture Service, export sales for wheat, corn, cotton, beef, and pork were lower last week, while sales for sorghum and soybeans were higher.
USDA Announces Third Round of Food Box Program
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says USDA will launch a third round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program with distributions to begin by September 1.
USDA Releases Report Surrounding Recent Cattle Market Disruptions
USDA released a report on its ongoing boxed beef and fed cattle price spread investigation on Wednesday.
Changes Announced for Livestock Gross Margin Insurance Program
USDA’s Risk Management Agency has announced changes to the Livestock Gross Margin insurance program for cattle and swine beginning with the 2021 crop year.
Updated 2020 Dietary Guidelines Report One Step Closer
USDA posted the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s final report on Wednesday.
Wheat Export Sales Hit 2020 Marketing-Year High
It was a big week for agricultural exports according to USDA’s latest Weekly Export Sales Report.
As Nation Watches Coronavirus, USDA Prepares for FMD
USDA recently announced the first purchase of a vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank, with an investment for a foot-and-mouth disease vaccine.
R-CALF Leads Charge Requesting Termination of Beef Checkoff
A group of cattle producers, led by R-CALF USA, are asking USDA for a nationwide referendum on the Beef Promotion and Research Order, commonly known as the Beef Checkoff Program.
NRCS Lifts Virtual Vail, Conservation Tools Now Online
Recent developments to USDA websites will allow farmers and ranchers to begin managing their conservation activities online
Legislation Introduced for Direct to Consumer Meat Sales
If approved and signed into law, the DIRECT Act would amend the retail exemption and allow processors, butchers or other retailers to sell normal retail quantities online to consumers across state lines.
Quarterly Stocks Report Shows Massive Decline for Soybeans
USDA released their Quarterly Grain Stocks Report on Tuesday and caught some traders flat-footed
More Corn and Soybean Acres Planted, Fewer Cotton
USDA released their latest estimates for 2020 crop plantings in the United States with their annual Acreage Report released Tuesday.
Markets React Favorably to USDA’s December Estimates
(WASHINGTON, DC) Markets rallied on the heels of USDA’s latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand […]