The European Union’s wheat harvest may wind up about six million tons less than it was a year ago. Crops in the northern part of the EU suffered through a hot and dry spring. Reuters says there is some late-season signs of crop damage in France, one of the top wheat producers in the EU. Those potential losses in the …
Perdue Hopeful NAFTA Agreement with Mexico Coming Soon
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is out on another “Back to Our Roots” tour, this time to the Pacific Northwest, as well as Alaska. Perdue says he’s hopeful that a new North American Free Trade Agreement can be reached with Mexico very soon. “We believe we’ve got many of the agreements in principle ready to go there,” he says. Perdue told …
Battle Breaks Out Over GMO Labeling
The USDA comment period on its proposed GMO labeling rule brought in more than 11,000 comments from farm groups, consumers, and multinational companies like Hershey’s. Politico says food manufacturers are at odds with farmers over which ingredients should actually be subject to disclosure. The companies are arguing that foods made with even some genetically modified corn, soybeans, and sugar beets …
CoBank: Trade War Takes a Toll on Ag Economy
Despite the strongest global economic growth the world has seen since 2011, the uncertainty surrounding trade disputes is causing escalating concern for U.S. agriculture. CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange Division says seventy percent of U.S. ag exports are heading to countries that are currently in negotiations or outright trade disputes. CoBank’s Rural Economic Review says the shift from trade war rhetoric to …
EPA Administrator Pruitt Resigns
The polarizing tenure of Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday afternoon that he’s “accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” noting that Pruitt has done a “good job within the Agency.” The Senate has already confirmed Deputy Administrator Andrew …
RFA Statement on Resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
WASHINGTON — This afternoon, President Trump announced the resignation of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen had the following statement: “For the past year, Scott Pruitt had been waging war against the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the biofuels industry, and the millions of farmers and rural Americans who helped Donald Trump get elected. It …
Georgia Grown and Sewn Cotton T-Shirts
Back in March at the Georgia State Capitol, it was announced that a new line of cotton t-shirts grown and sewn locally in Georgia, were available. Georgia Cotton Commission’s Richey Seaton says they are in partnership in this effort with Georgia Grown, the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency and Georgia’s cotton farmers. To purchase Georgia Grown t-shirts online, go to https://store.georgiagrown.com/. …
Trade is Major Issue for Cattle Producers
We told you last week that it has been just over one year since China reopened to U.S. beef after an absence of nearly 14 years. And while the our beef industry has made progress in establishing a customer base in China, it’s about to face an additional 25 percent retaliatory tariff, raising China’s total import duty rate on U.S. …
Alabama NRCS Funding Opportunity for Workshop Activities
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Alabama is seeking applications to provide outreach and technical workshops. The services will consist of preparing and hosting workshops that cover Outreach and/or Technical Topic content. The objectives of the CTA program is to provide technical assistance to private landowners and land users in conservation planning and contracting, design, layout, and installation of conservation practices. For more information contact: …
New Farmers.gov Soil Health Page
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