White House Trade Adviser Pete Navarro downplayed the impact tariffs are having on the ag economy, calling the impact of the trade war between the U.S. and China “a rounding error,” compared with either country’s economic output. “My point is that it’s much less disruptive than these headlines would suggest,” Navarro told CNBC. “It’s also much more constructive as we …
Report Says Meat, Dairy to Become World’s Biggest Polluters
The world’s five biggest meat and dairy producers could soon take the top spot as the world’s biggest polluters. A new report from the nonprofit GRAIN and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy says meat and dairy could soon produce more greenhouse gasses than oil giants Exxon, Shell, and BP. Zero Hedge Dot Com lists those five ag companies …
Turkey Industry Reviewing Salmonella Controls Amid Outbreak
The National Turkey Federation says its members are fully cooperating with a CDC-USDA investigation into an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that’s been linked to raw turkey products. The industry website Meating Place Dot Com says the outbreak has affected 90 people across 26 states since last November. The US Centers for Disease Control says the turkey came from a variety …
PETA Says Vegan Diet Can Boost Soybean Prices
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is placing a new billboard in Des Moines, Iowa, encouraging people to eat tofu. They say soybean farmers want people to go vegan and support the growers through a trade dispute with China. However, the Iowa Soybean Growers Association is quick to point out that it isn’t asking consumers to give up …
Agri View: Producing Tea in America?
Everett Griner talks about areas in the United States now producing tea in today’s Agri View. Producing Tea in America? I have been told if it can be grown anywhere in the world, it can be grown in America. We grow some of the largest crops in the world, and some of the smallest. What about tea? It is a …
Weekly Livestock Market Report
Here are the weekly livestock market reports for Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, for the week ended July 20, 2018, compiled by the Livestock Market News Service for all three states. AL Livestock Market Report: AL Livestock Market Report At Alabama Livestock Auctions for the Week ended Jul 20, 2018, receipts at 21 markets totaled an estimated 9,900 head compared to …
Farm Bureau Response to Navarro’s ‘Rounding Error’ Statement
The following statement may be attributed to American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall: “White House trade advisor Peter Navarro’s recent comments that the damage this trade war is doing to certain sectors of the U.S. economy, of which we all know includes agriculture, is little more than a ‘rounding error’ are out of touch with the pain our farmers …
Field Days Provide Growers with Valuable Information
On July 18th, northeast Georgia cotton producers, University of Georgia (UGA) faculty & staff, and industry personnel gathered at UGA’s J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville for a cotton field day. At the field day, attendees got to see firsthand the research that UGA’s first class group of extension scientists are conducting with producer funds via …
The 2018 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day Coming Up Tuesday
The 2018 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is coming up Tuesday, July 24 in Moultrie, Georgia. Farmers are invited to attend and get practical information from the region’s top agricultural scientists about the newest technologies farmers can use to improve their operations. Tyron Spearman has the details. Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is Tuesday In a release, Sunbelt Expo Executive Director Chip …
What if the Farm Bill Was Stripped of its Nutrition Title?
As we have heard over the past few weeks, one of the biggest issues with lawmakers agreeing on a new Farm Bill is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). There has been talk by some lawmakers about possibly taking the nutrition title out of the Farm Bill. So in a story from Gary Crawford, they look at what the likely result of …