SUGAR PRICES DOWN 50% OVER LAST TWO YEARS Clewiston, FL – (U S Sugar Release) October 1, 2013—U.S. Sugar began its 83rd annual sugarcane harvesting and processing season at 4 am today with harvest operations in Palm Beach, Hendry and Glades counties. The Clewiston Sugar Factory began processing the first railcars of cane at noon. Both the harvesting and processing …
Soybean Growers to Congress: Your Inaction is Hurting Farmers
FROM THE AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION: ST. LOUIS (Oct. 1, 2013) – With today’s expiration of the one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill, coupled with the shutdown of the federal government, the American Soybean Association (ASA) lamented another failed opportunity on the part of Congress to provide the nation’s soybean farmers with the certainty they need to remain competitive and …
Court Dismisses “Pork, The Other White Meat” Lawsuit
FROM THE NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 26, 2013 – After spending significant amounts of donor dollars, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) was dealt a significant loss in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. In what was considered to be a futile legal challenge and a very personal attack on U.S. pork producers, a U.S. district …
Beef Checkoff Sets FY2014 Plan of Work
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board will invest about $38.5 million into programs of beef promotion, research, consumer information, industry information, foreign marketing and producer communications in Fiscal Year 2014, if the Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
WTO Adopts Report Ruling in Favor of US in Chicken Products Trade Dispute with China
FROM THE NATIONAL CHICKEN COUNCIL: WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 25, 2013 – United States Trade Representative (USTR) Michael Froman announced that today the World Trade Organization (WTO) adopted an August 2, 2013 dispute settlement panel report in favor of the United States in a major trade dispute with China, proving that China’s imposition of duties on U.S. chicken “broiler” products …
Citrus Crop Forecast “LIVE” Statewide Broadcast/Webcast October 11th
(Southeast AgNet, Ocala, FL, September 23, 2013) The annual Citrus Crop Forecast from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS) will be broadcast “live” for the 19th consecutive year at NOON Friday, October 11 on Southeast AgNet Radio Network and at www.southeastagnet.com. Southeast AgNet is again the exclusive radio network source for this “live” coverage, first begun in the mid 1990’s …
SWFREC Is Not Closing but Transitioning to a New Role
UF Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) Office of the Senior Vice President Agriculture and Natural Resources Gainesville, FL (09/20/2013)…We write to share with you news about the future of the Southwest Florida Research and Education Center (SWFREC) in Immokalee, Florida. Our hope is to clarify some information and correct some misinformation that is circulating in the community. …
NCBA Urges House and Senate to Pass the 2013 Farm Bill
WASHINGTON (Sept. 19, 2013) – Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3102, the House nutrition title as part of the 2013 Farm Bill. Passage of the 2013 Farm Bill remains the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s (NCBA) top priority for Congress to finalize. Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners …
ASA Calls on House to Move Quickly to Conference on Farm Bill
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 19, 2013) – Following this afternoon’s vote in the House of Representatives on the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, the American Soybean Association called on the House to quickly name its conferees with the Senate and get to work reconciling the farm and food legislation in the two chambers. The House bill represents the Sponsored ContentNuseed …
Obama Administration Strongly Opposes H.R. 3102
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY: H.R. 3102 – Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013 (Rep. Lucas, R-OK) The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 3102, the Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013. The bill would result in millions of Americans losing Sponsored ContentNuseed Carinata Covers New GroundJuly 15, 2024CIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril …