Canada to produce less wheat, but export a higher percentage
Canada’s wheat crop production will drop more than 26 percent this year. But the world’s leading wheat exporter will ship more this year, putting pressure on other wheat exporters, including the United States.
Vilsack’s second dollar idea comes on the heels of a Cornell University study that claims beef checkoff spending produces enormous benefits for cattle producers and importers who pay the vast majority of it.
Solar, wind, coal, renewables or oil? Select all of the above
Remember those multiple choice tests in school – the ones that gave you several possible answers, but only one was correct? You could usually eliminate two or three as being wrong with a little deductive reasoning, but then you would get to choice D which was: "all of the above."
Kentucky grants to help farmers reach out to bigger retail buyers
Earlier this month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced nearly $118 million in grants would go to states to help in efforts of strengthening markets for specialty crops, including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, horticulture and nursery crops.
Specialty crop research group green-lights funding initiatives
The USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture finalized grants for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative during the Specialty Crop Committee meeting on Oct.1-2.
Fracking sand, transloading facility opening in east Ohio
Progress with fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is ongoing – so much that Wildcat Minerals out of Golden, Colo. has opened a frac sand and proppant transloading facility in Hannibal, Ohio, in the Utica Shale.
IPPA: PEDv among factors to decide 2015 porcine profits
Tim Maiers and his associates with the Illinois Pork Producers Assoc. understand that, though domestic retail pork sales remain strong, consumers are alarmed at recent increases in the price of their favorite cuts of pork chops, bacon and ham products at the supermarket.
