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USDA to support US farmers with food purchase plans worth $470 million

May 8, 2020

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has put in place supports for the US agricultural sector through the provision of a food…

US meat and poultry plants to remain open after Trump order

April 29, 2020

Agri-Business

US President Donald Trump has signed an order that will keep meat and poultry processing facilities open during the Covid-19 outbreak there. Commenting…

Grain price: Wheat drifting downwards

February 29, 2020

Tillage

Wheat prices drifted downwards this week on LIFFE, MATIF and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) markets. In fact CBOT wheat went from a…

Where did US corn and soybean figures finish?

January 20, 2020

Tillage

After an extremely difficult spring and a difficult harvest in many parts of the US, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has…

US government to investigate beef pricing margins for unfair practices

August 29, 2019

Beef

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to investigate beef pricing margins for evidence of unfair practices as part of efforts to monitor…

US corn price drops dramatically

August 14, 2019

Tillage

The price of corn in the US has dropped as stocks and yield have both been estimated up. At close of business on…

US EPA glyphosate ruling: ‘No risks to public health’

May 3, 2019

Tillage

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it “continues to find that there are no risks to public health when glyphosate…

25 million acres less ploughed in US since 2012

April 21, 2019

Tillage

The number of farms using intensive tillage practices in the US declined by 25 million acres from 2012 to 2017, according to the…

Highlights from the 2017 US census of agriculture revealed

April 16, 2019

Agri-Business

Last week, Thursday, April 11, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced the results of the 2017…

US milk production climbs by 1.5% in September

October 25, 2018

Dairy

Milk production in the 23 major states in the US during September rose by 1.5% compared to the same month last year. The…

‘We are at a crossroads in our capability of using science to deliver solutions to the world’

September 7, 2018

Environment

Ted McKinney, under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), posed a number of questions to…

Record milk production per cow level achieved in the US

July 23, 2018

Dairy

The highest ever level of milk production per cow for the month of June was recorded in the 23 major dairy states in…

Grain price: Wheat increasing all week

July 7, 2018

Tillage

Grain price continued to rise this week. This is on the back of severe drought and lower yields in some of the main…

Trump announces tax and regulation cuts for US farmers

January 9, 2018

Agri-Business

President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced major tax and regulation cuts, along with the promise of improved rural broadband, in an…

US milk production up 1% in November

December 21, 2017

Dairy

Milk production in the 23 major states in US was up by 1.1% in November, compared to the same month in 2016, according…

US milk production in August up 2%, as cow numbers remain steady

September 25, 2017

Dairy

Milk production in the 23 major states during the month of August recorded an increase of 2.1% year-on-year, according to the latest figures from…

High demand sees EU beef import quota filled in record time

September 3, 2017

Beef

Europe’s beef dealers have already hit the bloc’s beef import cap for the current quarter – six weeks before the start of the…

Record milk production levels per cow continues in the US

August 28, 2017

Dairy

Record milk production levels per cow in the 23 major states in the US continued during the month of July, according to the latest…

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