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Wheat for the long haul: tentative optimism about biotech

05/01/24 6:18 AM By Des Keller

The positive reception that biotech wheat has received in Argentina is being closely watched in the U.S., but experts say any genetically engineered variety faces a long road to approval here.

Biden administration taps CCC for $1B in foreign food aid

04/18/24 1:34 PM By Philip Brasher

The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to use USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation spending authority to provide $1 billion in additional food assistance overseas, a move requested by leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee last year.

USDA lowers price estimates for key commodities

04/11/24 2:06 PM By Philip Brasher

USDA continued to lower its price estimates for the 2023 harvest despite lower forecasts for U.S. and world supplies for some commodities.

Global food commodity costs down 10.4% from year ago

02/02/24 10:11 AM By Philip Brasher

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s index of global food commodity prices eased again in January, led by lower prices for grains and meat, and is down 10.4% from a year ago.

Suez, Panama canal disruptions drive up freight rates, slow ag shipping

01/31/24 6:20 AM By Philip Brasher

Disruptions in the Red Sea due to attacks from Houthi rebels and a drought-induced slowdown of goods through the Panama Canal are driving up freight costs and putting a focus on the vulnerabilities of key chokepoints in agricultural shipping lanes.

New research could aid gene editing in wheat

01/10/24 6:03 AM By Spencer Chase

Cibus, a gene editing technology company, says it has completed what it believes is the first regeneration of wheat from a single cell, offering new possibilities for innovation in the global staple crop.

USDA trims forecast for soybean, wheat supplies

12/08/23 3:59 PM By Philip Brasher

USDA on Friday slightly lowered its estimates for global ending stocks of corn and soybeans as well as its forecast for U.S. corn supplies.

USDA lowers forecast for FY 2024 US ag exports

11/30/23 6:29 PM By Bill Tomson

The USDA’s Economic Research Service on Thursday lowered its forecast for U.S. agricultural exports in fiscal year 2024 to $169.5 billion. That’s down $2.5 billion from USDA’s previous forecast in August and down $9.2 billion from exports in FY 2023.

Ukrainian wheat and corn stocks to build up as exports decline

11/15/23 6:22 AM By Bill Tomson

Ukrainian farmers are producing more wheat and corn than expected in a war-torn country where seeds and inputs are difficult to come by and swaths of farmland are in occupied territory, but exports are on the decline again as Russia steps up its attacks on Ukraine’s beleaguered port facilities, according to a new analysis by USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service.

UN calls for new oversight of global ag traders

10/05/23 2:07 PM By Bill Tomson

Volatile commodity markets are allowing international agricultural trading companies to rake in big profits in shadowy financial markets even as food insecurity increases in some of the most vulnerable regions of the globe, says a new analysis from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development that calls for regulations to rein in the excesses.

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: May 3, 2024: Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., on farm bill, dairy operations, SAF

Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee. She joins this week’s show to discuss the latest movement on the farm bill and what the next couple of months will look like. She also dives deeper into the latest Sustainable Aviation Fuel announcement that was made this week.

Then, Tara Smith with the Torrey Advisory Group and Brian Jennings with the American Coalition for Ethanol join this week’s show to further discuss farm bill politics and the continued improvements that are needed to be made to the recent SAF announcement.

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