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USDA forecasts smaller drop in 2024 farm income

By P.J. Huffstutter September 5, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. farm income will fall for a second consecutive year in 2024, but not as much as previously expected as prices of livestock and egg products boom and production expenses ease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. Declining farm income could ripple across the rural economy in a presidential

U.S. to spend $7.3 billion on rural clean energy projects

By Leah Douglas September 5, 2024

Reuters – President Joe Biden’s administration on Thursday said the U.S. will spend $7.3 billion from 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act to fund clean energy projects helmed by rural electric cooperatives. The 16 funded projects will reduce energy costs and increase reliability for rural Americans, who tend to pay more for energy, the White House said.

People walk along the banks of the Mississippi River, which has seen record low water levels, in Grand Tower, Illinois, November 2, 2022.
Photo: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein/File

Low water on Mississippi River impacts barges, grain exports ahead of harvest

By P.J. Huffstutter September 4, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Low water conditions have led to several barges running aground along a key stretch of the lower Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard told Reuters on Wednesday, just as the busiest U.S. grain export season gets underway. Low water levels are slowing export-bound barge shipments of grain and oilseeds from the

Though the spread of avian influenza in dairy farms is increasing, the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. said the risk to humans remains low. Photo: File

Dairy cattle, News

Bird flu continues to spread in U.S. dairy farms

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm June 13, 2024

The number of dairy farms in the United States that have reported bird flu among their livestock increased to 94 in a dozen states, according to reports. Meanwhile, the Centers for Disease Control said the risk to humans remains low. The CDC noted it’s monitoring more than 500 people with 45 tested for bird flu.

Livestock

Two dozen companies working to find bird flu vaccine for cows, US agriculture secretary says

By Leah Douglas June 13, 2024

Reuters – Twenty-four companies are working to develop an avian flu vaccine for cattle, as the virus spreads among U.S. dairy herds, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Reuters on Wednesday. Bird flu has infected 90 dairy herds across 12 states since late March, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Three dairy farm workers

News, Other

Sustainable aviation fuel won’t short food supply, manufacturers say

By Sean Pratt April 1, 2024

MARKETS Manufacturers of sustainable aviation fuel say the increase in light duty electric vehicles has created an ethanol surplus

Glacier FarmMedia – Sustainable aviation fuel manufacturers say they won’t compromise food supplies despite consuming large volumes of agricultural products. The U.S. government has established goals of scaling up SAF production to three billion gallons by 2030 and 35 billion gallons by 2050. Most of that fuel is expected to be made using agricultural feedstocks,

Chinese president Xi Jinping’s growing isolation could translate into growing paranoia, economic analysts warn.

Markets, News

Rising U.S.-Chinese tensions raise concerns about trade

Market observers point to moves over the past few years by China and the West to disengage

By Sean Pratt March 26, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – The trade relationship between China and the United States is deteriorating and poses a threat for U.S. farmers, say analysts. “They are shifting away from the United States rather than sending their money here,” StoneX chief economist Arlan Suderman said during a live taping of the U.S. Farm Report at the 2024

Crops

Canadian farmers blamed for ag chemical in U.S. oat foods

Discovery sets off media story despite samples testing well inside safe levels

By GFM Network News, Robert Arnason February 20, 2024

A U.S. environmental group is pointing a finger at Canadian oat growers, saying they’re the cause of ag chemical residues found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats.

US court cancels approvals for widely used dicamba weedkillers

EPA violated procedures mandating public input, judge rules

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Tom Polansek February 7, 2024

A U.S. court has nullified the government's latest approvals of certain agricultural weedkillers sold by Bayer, BASF and Syngenta, fueling uncertainty among farmers who spray the products on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to resist them.

The pork industry expects to struggle with a supply-demand imbalance through much of 2024.

News

Proposition 12 ‘insulting,’ but economic effects muted

Regulations requiring more space for pregnant sows won’t be as damaging as feared, says California economist

By Laura Rance-Unger January 19, 2024

Newly imposed animal welfare regulations in California will have little economic impact on the North American hog sector, an agricultural economist with the University of California Davis predicts. “California consumers like me are going to pay, I don’t know, five or 10 per cent more for pork that’s covered by the policy, which means a

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures turn lower

U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag

Seeds Canada announces Dan Wright as new CEO

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